Kennedy Mountain
Kennedy Mountain rises to 3,474 m in California. Arrow Peak stands 3,951 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Slide Peak, a peak 2.0 miles away.
The story
Kennedy Mountain is an 11,433-foot-elevation (3,485-meter) summit located in Fresno County, California, United States. It is situated in Kings Canyon National Park, on Monarch Divide which is west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Mount Harrington is four miles to the west along the divide, and Kennedy Pass less than a mile east. Kennedy Mountain ranks as the 569th-highest summit in California, and topographic relief is significant as the northeast aspect rises 2,000 feet (610 meters) above Kennedy Canyon in approximately one mile. The first ascent of the summit was made by a 1903 USGS survey party, and likely named for one of the agency's employees. Inclusion on the Sierra Peaks Section peakbagging list generates climbing interest. This landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
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Wikidata Q49041220, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3474 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Slide Peak: 2.0 mi
- Hogback Peak: 2.4 mi
- Mount Harrington: 3.7 mi
- Tenderfoot Peak: 3.9 mi
- Stag Dome: 4.4 mi
- Rock Monster: 16.4 mi
- Lower Stony Creek: 17.4 mi
- Chicago Stump: 18.3 mi
- General Grant Tree: 19.0 mi
- Gamlin Cabin: 19.0 mi
- Blue Canyon Falls: 5.8 mi
- Grizzly Falls: 6.7 mi
- Silver Spray Falls: 7.0 mi
- Roaring River Falls: 7.2 mi
- Mist Falls: 8.0 mi
- Cold Springs: 19.1 mi
- Wiesman Spring: 19.2 mi
- Scotty Spring: 19.4 mi
- Big Springs: 20.4 mi
- McGann Springs: 20.8 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 3.5 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 8.2 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 9.5 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 10.0 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 10.2 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- Columbine Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 3.8 mi
- Muro Blanco: 8.3 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 9.6 mi
- Great Cliffs: 10.1 mi
- Windy Cliff: 10.4 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 18.3 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 21.2 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 21.4 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 14.3 mi
- Jumping Rock: 14.7 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 24.2 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 24.4 mi
- Kearsarge: 19.6 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Kennedy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrow Peak | ENE 71° | 3,951 m | 10.4 mi |
| Marion Peak | NE 56° | 3,874 m | 9.7 mi |
| State Peak | ENE 62° | 3,840 m | 7.7 mi |
| Finger Peak | NNW 342° | 3,779.7 m | 11.0 mi |
| Dougherty Peak | ENE 66° | 3,733 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Woodworth | NNE 16° | 3,724 m | 10.5 mi |
| Goat Mountain | E 97° | 3,719 m | 5.2 mi |
| Munger Peak | E 94° | 3,680.3 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:39 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:02 | 16:42 |
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, 19 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358768624
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