Horn Peak
Horn Peak rises to 3,584 m in California. Mount Kaweah stands 4,205 m to the southeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Bird Peak, a peak 1.3 miles away.
The story
Mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q119862094, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,584 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Bird Peak: 1.3 mi
- Glacier Ridge: 1.7 mi
- Copper Mine Peak: 1.8 mi
- Cherubin Dome: 2.2 mi
- Lion Rock: 2.7 mi
- Tharp's Log: 9.3 mi
- General Sherman Tree: 9.4 mi
- Chief Sequoyah: 9.5 mi
- Congress Group: 9.5 mi
- Chimney Tree: 9.6 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 1.8 mi
- Upper Buck Creek Falls: 2.8 mi
- Lower Buck Creek Falls: 5.8 mi
- Tokopah Falls: 6.1 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 7.7 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 6.4 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 8.7 mi
- Empire Mill Ruins: 10.1 mi
- Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 10.4 mi
- Alles Cabin: 10.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 10.7 mi
- Wall Spring: 11.1 mi
- Big Fern Springs: 11.5 mi
- Granite Spring: 11.5 mi
- Slide Spring: 11.6 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 11.9 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Valhalla: 2.2 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 18.4 mi
- Window Cliffs: 18.6 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 19.2 mi
- Muro Blanco: 21.4 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 18.5 mi
- Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 23.1 mi
- Slick Rock Recreation Area: 23.7 mi
- Natural Arch: 20.4 mi
- Natural Bridge: 20.5 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 23.7 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 10.8 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 20.6 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 21.7 mi
- Jumping Rock: 22.1 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 13.1 mi
- Kearsarge: 20.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Horn Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kaweah | SE 133° | 4,205 m | 7.9 mi |
| Red Kaweah | SE 135° | 4,185 m | 6.2 mi |
| Michael's Pinnacle | SE 136° | 4,170 m | 6.3 mi |
| Second Kaweah | SE 134° | 4,166 m | 7.0 mi |
| Table Mountain | ENE 57° | 4,151 m | 7.3 mi |
| Milestone Mountain | ENE 69° | 4,149 m | 5.9 mi |
| Koontz Pinnacle | SE 134° | 4,145 m | 5.8 mi |
| Black Kaweah | SE 137° | 4,140 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:38 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:03 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 60 | 55 | 45 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lodgepole, 8 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/11002497381
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