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Lookout Peak

Lookout Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Lookout Peak rises to 2,594 m in California. Goat Mountain stands 3,719 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Grizzly Falls Picnic Area, a picnic site 2.6 miles away.

The story

mountain in Fresno County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49046720, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2594 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.77309, -118.71602

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 31
Springs: 25
Waterfalls: 23
Historic sites: 15
  • Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 2.7 mi
  • Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 5.2 mi
  • Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 10.2 mi
  • Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 10.3 mi
  • Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 10.9 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
  • Columbine Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
Cliffs: 7
Beaches: 2
Parks: 2
Museums: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Lookout Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goat MountainNE 50°3,719 m10.3 mi
Munger PeakNE 47°3,680.3 m10.3 mi
Kid PeakNE 51°3,492 m11.6 mi
Kennedy MountainNNE 20°3,474 m7.8 mi
Palmer MountainESE 102°3,430 m8.3 mi
Mount SillimanS 173°3,397 m9.0 mi
Hogback PeakN 2°3,376 m7.1 mi
Mount HarringtonN 352°3,360 m6.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:3719:3920:18
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
December solstice07:0516:0316:43

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, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 262904 — Lookout Peak, Fresno County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358798635

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