Kirby Peak
Kirby Peak rises to 1,642 m in California. Mount Raymond stands 2,650 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mt Buckingham School (historic), a historic site 2.1 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 16 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1642 m
How to reach it
- 15.6 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 17 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Magoon Hill: 2.9 mi
- Devil Peak: 3.1 mi
- Buckingham Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Crow Peak: 3.4 mi
- Chowchilla Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Alder Creek Falls: 8.9 mi
- Lower Chilnualna Falls: 9.3 mi
- Chilnualna Fall: 10.3 mi
- Chinquapin Falls: 10.3 mi
- Chilnualna Creek Cascades: 10.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 4.5 mi
- Big Spring: 8.0 mi
- Barrel Spring: 8.8 mi
- Apple Tree Spring: 13.9 mi
- Fern Spring: 15.2 mi
- Midpines Park: 6.7 mi
- Mariposa Art Park: 9.6 mi
- Mariposa Park: 9.6 mi
- Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park: 10.5 mi
- El Portal Park: 10.6 mi
- Yosemite History Center: 7.8 mi
- California State Mining and Mineral Museum: 9.2 mi
- Thornberry Museum: 9.6 mi
- Mariposa Museum and History Center: 9.8 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Museum: 10.5 mi
- Mariposa Welcome Plaza: 9.2 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 9.6 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 10.6 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 10.6 mi
- Grizzly Giant: 10.8 mi
- Gold Rush BBQ: 9.5 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 10.1 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- Summit Meadow: 13.1 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
- Fireplace Bluffs: 15.6 mi
- Rockslides: 15.8 mi
- Profile Cliff: 16.9 mi
- The Fissures: 16.9 mi
- Glacier Point: 18.9 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 2.1 mi
- September 11, 2001 Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Fremont’s Fort: 18.5 mi
- John Muir: 19.1 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 19.3 mi
- Agua Fria: 12.5 mi
- Mount Ophir: 14.7 mi
- Cat Town: 18.1 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 13.1 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 15.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Kirby Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Raymond | E 94° | 2,650 m | 13.7 mi |
| White Chief Mountain | E 99° | 2,637 m | 14.6 mi |
| Tempo Dome | NE 42° | 2,393.1 m | 12.0 mi |
| Dewey Point | NNE 32° | 2,236 m | 15.0 mi |
| Speckerman Mountain | ESE 112° | 2,181 m | 12.8 mi |
| Crocker Point | NNE 31° | 2,165 m | 14.7 mi |
| Devil Peak | E 80° | 2,114 m | 3.1 mi |
| Chowchilla Mountain | NE 41° | 2,105 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:04 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 36 | 39 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 65 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 7.6 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SO Entrance Yosemite NP, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358799885
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 19 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 20 mi
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