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Goat Mountain

Goat Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Goat Mountain rises to 3,719 m in California. Mount Wynne stands 4,018 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Munger Peak, a peak 0.5 miles away.

About

The story

Goat Mountain is a 12,207-foot-elevation (3,721-meter) mountain summit located in Kings Canyon National Park, in Fresno County of northern California, United States. It is situated on Monarch Divide which is west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Topographic relief is significant as the southeast aspect rises 5,600 feet (1,700 meters) above Paradise Valley in 2.5 miles. This feature was so named because mountain sheep, erroneously called goats, were once seen on the slopes. The name was already in use when the first ascent of the summit was made in 1896 by Joseph Nisbet LeConte and party. This mountain's name has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.

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Wikidata Q49031773, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3719 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.86943, -118.57429
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 28
Waterfalls: 22
Springs: 19
Historic sites: 15
  • Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 2.3 mi
  • Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 5.1 mi
  • Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 6.6 mi
  • Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 7.8 mi
  • Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 7.8 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
  • South Lake Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
  • La Hupp Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
Museums: 3
Parks: 3
  • Dehy Park: 21.0 mi
  • Independence Park: 21.5 mi
  • General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 24.9 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 25.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Goat Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WynneENE 63°4,018.3 m10.6 mi
Vennacher NeedleNNE 32°3,956 m10.5 mi
Mount IckesENE 59°3,953.2 m8.7 mi
Arrow PeakNE 48°3,951 m6.1 mi
Mount GardinerSE 124°3,934.6 m7.7 mi
Mount RuskinNE 36°3,934 m9.4 mi
Mount Clarence KingESE 109°3,931.8 m7.5 mi
Crater MountainENE 67°3,924.4 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3219:06
June solstice05:3619:3920:18
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
December solstice07:0416:0216:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283034384654616055453527
Precip in8.77.96.43.22.00.70.60.10.72.33.66.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lodgepole, 20 mi away.

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358766612

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