Hogback Peak
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
- 3,376 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Harrington: 1.3 mi
- Tenderfoot Peak: 1.6 mi
- Slide Peak: 2.0 mi
- Bushmaster: 2.2 mi
- The Python: 2.3 mi
- Chicago Stump: 16.0 mi
- Lower Stony Creek: 16.1 mi
- General Grant Tree: 16.9 mi
- Gamlin Cabin: 16.9 mi
- Centennial Stump: 16.9 mi
- Blue Canyon Falls: 4.4 mi
- Silver Spray Falls: 4.9 mi
- Grizzly Falls: 5.3 mi
- Roaring River Falls: 8.2 mi
- Mist Falls: 10.0 mi
- Wiesman Spring: 16.8 mi
- Cold Springs: 18.2 mi
- Lousy Spring: 18.5 mi
- Big Springs: 18.8 mi
- Trough Spring: 20.6 mi
- 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
- 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
- Slide Bluffs: 4.4 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 7.5 mi
- Muro Blanco: 10.7 mi
- Great Cliffs: 11.4 mi
- Windy Cliff: 12.0 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 16.5 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 19.0 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 19.7 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 12.1 mi
- Jumping Rock: 12.4 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 21.8 mi
- Kearsarge: 21.9 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Peak | ENE 67° | 3,840 m | 9.9 mi |
| Finger Peak | N 354° | 3,780 m | 10.7 mi |
| Dougherty Peak | ENE 71° | 3,733 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Woodworth | NNE 27° | 3,724 m | 11.6 mi |
| Goat Mountain | E 94° | 3,719 m | 7.6 mi |
| Munger Peak | E 91° | 3,680 m | 7.3 mi |
| Black Crown | N 7° | 3,650 m | 10.1 mi |
| Tunemah Peak | N 9° | 3,627 m | 8.3 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 | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| 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, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358767646
Day trips start here
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