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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
3,058 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.67358, -118.73328

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 31
Attractions: 28
Waterfalls: 24
Historic sites: 15
  • 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 RidgeESE3,767 m10.4 mi
Copper Mine PeakESE3,763 m11.3 mi
Horn PeakESE3,584 m9.6 mi
WhalebackESE3,573 m11.6 mi
Big Bird PeakESE3,536 m8.3 mi
Winter AltaSE3,453 m6.8 mi
Alta PeakSE3,437 m6.9 mi
Palmer MountainENE3,430 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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