Lion Point
Lion Point rises to 1,525 m in California. Kaiser Peak stands 3,142 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Source Point, a peak 2.1 miles away.
The story
mountain in Madera County, California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49044444, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1525 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Source Point: 2.1 mi
- Castle Peak: 2.8 mi
- Mormon Hill: 3.3 mi
- Cascadel Point: 3.4 mi
- Flume Peak: 4.8 mi
- North Fork Recreation Area Memorial Park: 6.4 mi
- Shaver Lake Community Park: 7.6 mi
- Fishing Club: 8.5 mi
- Huntington Lake Game Refuge: 9.5 mi
- San Joaquin River Gorge Management Area: 11.2 mi
- Arnold Spring: 9.9 mi
- Cole Spring: 15.8 mi
- Daulton Spring: 22.0 mi
- Vichy Spring: 22.2 mi
- Little Eden: 22.5 mi
- Eagle Point Day Use Area: 7.9 mi
- Mile High Vista Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- Dowville Picnic Site: 9.1 mi
- Rocky Point Picnic Ground: 11.0 mi
- Pine Point Day Use: 11.1 mi
- Stevenson Creek Falls: 2.8 mi
- Whisky Falls: 6.9 mi
- Line Creek Falls: 11.3 mi
- Angel Falls: 13.9 mi
- Rancheria Falls: 14.7 mi
- Exact Center of California: 3.6 mi
- Whites Cabin: 6.7 mi
- 786 Squadron Memorial: 13.5 mi
- Qualls Camp: 19.4 mi
- China Camp: 22.3 mi
- Sierra-Mono Indian Museum: 6.5 mi
- Museum of the Sierra: 6.7 mi
- Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park: 16.5 mi
- Coarsegold Historic Museum: 17.3 mi
- Millerton Courthouse Museum: 21.6 mi
- Willow Creek Trail: 13.8 mi
- Bull Buck Tree: 19.3 mi
- Big Ed: 19.3 mi
- Table Mountain Casino: 20.1 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 22.6 mi
- Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 2.2 mi
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 5.4 mi
- Big Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 14.9 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 19.4 mi
- San Joaquin Experimental Range: 20.0 mi
- South Fork Bluffs: 7.2 mi
- Big Sandy Bluff: 10.2 mi
- San Joaquin Butte: 12.0 mi
- Grand Bluff: 12.6 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 16.9 mi
- Arch Rock: 18.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Lion Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Peak | ENE 59° | 3,142 m | 13.4 mi |
| Red Mountain | E 89° | 3,013 m | 15.3 mi |
| College Rock | ENE 66° | 2,760.36 m | 13.2 mi |
| Bartholomew Peak | E 85° | 2,715 m | 14.9 mi |
| Marble Point | ESE 110° | 2,703 m | 16.9 mi |
| Jump Off Point | NE 54° | 2,605 m | 8.7 mi |
| Chinese Peak | E 82° | 2,599 m | 13.3 mi |
| Little Shuteye Peak | NNW 343° | 2,546 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:43 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:04 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 46 | 49 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 61 | 51 | 46 |
| Precip in | 7.1 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N FK RS, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358798514
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