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. 140 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Madera County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49044444, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,525 m
How to reach it
140 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 25 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 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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