Friday's Folly
Friday's Folly rises to 2,861 m in California. Finger Peak stands 3,780 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver Turret, a peak 0.3 miles away.
The story
Peak in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q124657659, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,861.2 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Silver Turret: 0.3 mi
- Fang Turret: 0.4 mi
- Silver Maiden: 0.4 mi
- The Python: 0.5 mi
- Bushmaster: 0.6 mi
- Chicago Stump: 13.6 mi
- Gamlin Cabin: 14.8 mi
- General Grant Tree: 14.8 mi
- Centennial Stump: 14.9 mi
- Lower Stony Creek: 15.6 mi
- Silver Spray Falls: 2.5 mi
- Blue Canyon Falls: 3.4 mi
- Grizzly Falls: 5.6 mi
- Roaring River Falls: 10.5 mi
- Garlic Falls: 10.6 mi
- Wiesman Spring: 14.0 mi
- Lousy Spring: 15.6 mi
- Cold Springs: 16.9 mi
- Big Springs: 17.8 mi
- Trough Spring: 18.3 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
- Columbine Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 6.6 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 8.6 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 10.6 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 13.3 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 14.7 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 5.9 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 6.0 mi
- Great Cliffs: 12.8 mi
- Muro Blanco: 13.4 mi
- Windy Cliff: 13.7 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 15.3 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 16.2 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 17.5 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 10.1 mi
- Jumping Rock: 10.4 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 22.0 mi
- Kearsarge: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Friday's Folly. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finger Peak | N 10° | 3,780 m | 10.3 mi |
| Goat Mountain | E 95° | 3,719 m | 10.4 mi |
| Munger Peak | E 93° | 3,680 m | 10.1 mi |
| Black Crown | NNE 23° | 3,650 m | 10.4 mi |
| Tunemah Peak | NNE 28° | 3,627 m | 8.8 mi |
| Blue Canyon Peak | NNE 16° | 3,615 m | 10.4 mi |
| Kid Peak | E 92° | 3,492 m | 11.7 mi |
| Kennedy Mountain | E 93° | 3,474 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:40 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:02 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 36 | 38 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 8.0 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 6.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grant Grove, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/11556092760
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