Kern Peak
Kern Peak rises to 3,499 m in California. Mount Langley stands 4,277 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Three Rocks, a peak 2.6 miles away.
The story
Kern Peak is a mountain peak in Tulare County, California, in the southern Sierra Nevada. At 11,510 ft (3,508 m) in elevation and about 2,560 ft (780 m) of prominence, it is the 49th most prominent peak in California. It is west of Olancha Peak, which is in the same mountain range. The climb to the summit involves a long hike from any trailhead. The best time to climb the mountain is May to October.
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Wikidata Q49041307, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,499 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Three Rocks: 2.6 mi
- Indian Head: 2.8 mi
- Red Hill: 3.2 mi
- Groundhog Cone: 3.8 mi
- Tunnel Cone: 4.0 mi
- River Spring: 3.9 mi
- Iron Spring: 5.1 mi
- Olivas Spring: 7.1 mi
- Soda Spring: 7.1 mi
- Soda Springs: 9.0 mi
- Lemon Inn: 14.5 mi
- Dirty Socks: 15.8 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 22.2 mi
- Boulder Creek: 22.2 mi
- Lone Ranger Canyon (movie site): 22.4 mi
- Volcano Falls: 6.6 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 13.2 mi
- Tufa Falls: 19.6 mi
- Peppermint Creek Falls: 20.3 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 20.4 mi
- Natural Bridge: 6.0 mi
- Natural Arch: 6.1 mi
- Palette Arch: 21.3 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 21.3 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 21.6 mi
- Walkers Cabin: 14.4 mi
- Walt's Point: 14.9 mi
- The Needles Peak Fire Lookout: 17.6 mi
- Crabtree Cabin: 18.7 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 20.0 mi
- Window Cliffs: 7.6 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 19.3 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 21.3 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 21.3 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 21.3 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Sunset Point Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 13.4 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 18.9 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 21.8 mi
- Spainhower Park: 24.2 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 23.8 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 24.0 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 15.0 mi
- Miss Alabama: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Kern Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Langley | N 10° | 4,277 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mount LeConte | N 7° | 4,246 m | 16.2 mi |
| Mount Mallory | N 5° | 4,222 m | 16.7 mi |
| Mount Corcoran | N 7° | 4,194 m | 16.0 mi |
| Mount Pickering | N 359° | 4,105 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mount Newcomb | N 359° | 4,090 m | 16.0 mi |
| Joe Devel Peak | N 358° | 4,063 m | 14.3 mi |
| Mount Chamberlin | N 355° | 4,011 m | 15.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:37 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:03 | 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 | 39 | 42 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Haiwee, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 244274 — Kern Peak, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358786914
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