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Kettle Peak

Kettle Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Kettle Peak rises to 3,058 m in California. Glacier Ridge stands 3,767 m to the east-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Peaks, a peak 1.4 miles away.

The story

mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California

Wikidata Q49041360, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3058 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.67358, -118.73328

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 32
Attractions: 28
Waterfalls: 24
Historic sites: 16
  • Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 3.5 mi
  • Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 5.4 mi
  • Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 8.4 mi
  • Old Ranger Station: 9.4 mi
  • Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 13.4 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
  • Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 10.8 mi
Parks: 6
Cliffs: 6
Museums: 2
Beaches: 2
Nature reserves: 2
  • Homer Ranch Preserve: 21.5 mi
  • Dry Creek Preserve: 23.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Kettle Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Glacier RidgeESE 112°3,767 m10.4 mi
Copper Mine PeakESE 118°3,762.76 m11.3 mi
Horn PeakESE 120°3,584 m9.6 mi
WhalebackESE 105°3,573 m11.6 mi
Big Bird PeakESE 120°3,536 m8.3 mi
Winter AltaSE 140°3,453 m6.8 mi
Alta PeakSE 146°3,437 m6.9 mi
Palmer MountainENE 61°3,430 m10.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:3719:3920:18
September equinox06:4418:1918:53
December solstice07:0416:0316:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283034384654616055453527
Precip in8.77.96.43.22.00.70.60.10.72.33.66.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lodgepole, 5 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 262155 — Kettle Peak, Tulare County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358798405

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