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Hogback Peak

Hogback Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Hogback Peak rises to 3,376 m in California. State Peak stands 3,840 m to the east-northeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Harrington, a peak 1.3 miles away.

The story

mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California

Wikidata Q49036754, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3376 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.87650, -118.71158

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 31
Waterfalls: 22
Springs: 20
Picnic sites: 12
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
  • Columbine Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
  • Helms Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
  • Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 5.9 mi
  • Blue Canyon Cabin: 7.4 mi
  • Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 9.4 mi
  • Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 12.0 mi
  • Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 12.1 mi
Cliffs: 7
Parks: 3
Beaches: 2
Museums: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Hogback Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
State PeakENE 67°3,840 m9.9 mi
Finger PeakN 354°3,779.7 m10.7 mi
Dougherty PeakENE 71°3,733 m9.6 mi
Mount WoodworthNNE 27°3,724 m11.6 mi
Goat MountainE 94°3,719 m7.6 mi
Munger PeakE 91°3,680.3 m7.3 mi
Black CrownN 7°3,649.6 m10.1 mi
Tunemah PeakN 9°3,626.5 m8.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:3719:4020:18
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
December solstice07:0516:0216:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363638414958666560514235
Precip in8.07.37.83.61.40.50.30.20.32.43.36.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grant Grove, 17 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358767646

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