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Kettle Dome

Kettle Dome, seen from above at true elevation

Kettle Dome rises to 2,881 m in California. Mount Goddard stands 4,126 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Tehipite Dome, a peak 2.0 miles away.

The story

mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California

Wikidata Q118644807, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2881 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.94698, -118.78587

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 17
Springs: 12
Picnic sites: 11
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
  • Helms Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
  • Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
  • Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 14.7 mi
  • Columbine Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
Attractions: 11
Historic sites: 9
  • Blue Canyon Cabin: 3.0 mi
  • Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 10.6 mi
  • Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 15.2 mi
  • Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 17.8 mi
  • Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 17.9 mi
Cliffs: 6
Parks: 3
Beaches: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Kettle Dome. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount GoddardNNE 19°4,126 m11.4 mi
Mount McDuffieNE 42°4,047 m11.7 mi
CharybdisNE 34°3,988 m11.6 mi
Mount HansenNNE 31°3,955 m10.2 mi
ScyllaNNE 30°3,940 m10.6 mi
Wheel MountainNE 51°3,883 m11.0 mi
The Three SirensNNE 31°3,854 m10.8 mi
Mount ReinsteinNNE 16°3,841.8 m9.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:3719:4020:19
September equinox06:4418:1918:54
December solstice07:0516:0216:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464853586573818176665345
Precip in5.64.95.12.61.40.40.20.00.21.42.14.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Balch PWR House, 17 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/7929571551

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