Kennedy Peak
Kennedy Peak rises to 3,267 m in California. Tower Peak stands 3,582 m to the southeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Molo Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.
The story
Kennedy Peak is a 10,718-foot-elevation (3,267-meter) mountain summit located in Tuolumne County, California, United States.
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Wikidata Q49041226, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,267 m
How to reach it
- 22.3 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 26.8 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 26 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Molo Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Molo Pinnacle: 1.2 mi
- Big Sam: 2.0 mi
- Relief Peak: 2.4 mi
- Leavitt Peak: 2.8 mi
- Sardine Falls: 4.7 mi
- Cascade Falls: 6.0 mi
- Leavitt Falls: 7.1 mi
- Silver Falls: 8.9 mi
- Llewellyn Falls: 15.0 mi
- Salt Spring: 9.7 mi
- Doe Springs: 13.3 mi
- Buck Springs: 14.0 mi
- Sachse Spring: 15.2 mi
- Box Spring: 15.8 mi
- Douglas Picnic Ground: 9.0 mi
- Bridgeport: 10.6 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 12.1 mi
- Walker Community Park: 20.8 mi
- Mountain Gate Park: 21.3 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 17.6 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 24.5 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 24.8 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 17.1 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 18.6 mi
- Beach 2: 18.6 mi
- Beach 1: 18.7 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 10.2 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 24.4 mi
- Carson-Iceberg Wilderness: 16.6 mi
- Aspen Glen Reserve: 22.5 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 17.5 mi
- Strawberry: 19.8 mi
- Mono County Museum: 23.0 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 23.1 mi
- East Flange Rock: 6.3 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 15.6 mi
- Peep Sight: 20.3 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 22.2 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Kennedy Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Peak | SE 140° | 3,582 m | 9.1 mi |
| Hunewill Peak | ESE 118° | 3,562 m | 12.9 mi |
| Victoria Peak | ESE 113° | 3,561 m | 13.7 mi |
| Walker Mountain | E 94° | 3,524 m | 9.9 mi |
| Leavitt Peak | N 4° | 3,516 m | 2.8 mi |
| Hanna Mountain | ESE 113° | 3,491 m | 10.0 mi |
| Sonora Peak | N 8° | 3,484 m | 7.5 mi |
| Flatiron Butte | ESE 111° | 3,470 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:47 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 46 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 6.3 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hetch Hetchy, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358798398
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