Kettle Peak
Kettle Peak rises to 3,353 m in California. Dunderberg Peak stands 3,774 m to the east-southeast, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is The Incredible Hulk, a peak 0.7 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 17 miles off.
The story
Kettle Peak is a mountain with a summit elevation of 11,010 feet (3,356 m) located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Mono County of northern California, United States. The summit is set in the Hoover Wilderness on land managed by Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest, and is less than one-half mile outside the boundary of Yosemite National Park. The peak is situated approximately three miles southwest of Twin Lakes, three miles south of Victoria Peak, 2.9 miles northeast of Crown Point, and 3.1 miles northwest of Matterhorn Peak. Topographic relief is significant as the west aspect rises over 2,600 feet (790 meters) above Robinson Creek in one mile.
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Wikidata Q49041357, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,353 m
How to reach it
- 16.7 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 17 mi
- Lembert Dome · 17 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 19 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Incredible Hulk: 0.7 mi
- The Outpost: 0.8 mi
- Mount Walt: 1.0 mi
- Eocene Peak: 1.3 mi
- Cirque Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Buck Springs: 10.9 mi
- Doe Springs: 11.3 mi
- Jordan Spring: 12.7 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 14.8 mi
- Rancheria Gulch Spring: 16.4 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 2.9 mi
- Cascade Falls: 9.0 mi
- Waterwheel Falls: 13.6 mi
- Lower Cathedral Creek Falls: 13.8 mi
- LeConte Falls: 13.9 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 9.5 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 13.4 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 15.3 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 16.6 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 17.2 mi
- Bridgeport: 16.8 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 17.2 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 19.6 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 20.2 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 23.4 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 9.8 mi
- Dog Town: 13.0 mi
- Bennettville: 15.7 mi
- Bodie: 23.5 mi
- Masonic: 23.8 mi
- Dore Cliff: 12.5 mi
- Locomotive Point: 18.7 mi
- East Flange Rock: 20.4 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 24.2 mi
- Mono County Museum: 14.2 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 14.3 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 20.3 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 23.4 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 14.8 mi
- Upside-Down House: 20.3 mi
- Indian Arch: 24.9 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 8.8 mi
- Danburg Beach: 17.6 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 15.8 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 20.6 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Kettle Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunderberg Peak | ESE 116° | 3,774 m | 9.3 mi |
| Twin Peaks | SE 126° | 3,756 m | 4.7 mi |
| Matterhorn Peak | SE 129° | 3,749 m | 3.3 mi |
| Twin Peaks-East Peak | SE 124° | 3,731 m | 4.9 mi |
| The Dragtooth | SE 126° | 3,695 m | 3.0 mi |
| Whorl Mountain | SE 144° | 3,667 m | 4.2 mi |
| Virginia Peak | SE 136° | 3,657 m | 5.5 mi |
| Cleaver Peak | SE 125° | 3,617 m | 2.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:45 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 36 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 64 | 62 | 56 | 45 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridgeport, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 226547 — Kettle Peak, Mono County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358768681
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 24 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 28 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 28 mi
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