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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
2,594 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.77309, -118.71602

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 31
Springs: 25
Waterfalls: 23
Historic sites: 14
  • 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 MountainNE3,719 m10.3 mi
Munger PeakNE3,680 m10.3 mi
Kid PeakNE3,492 m11.6 mi
Kennedy MountainNNE3,474 m7.8 mi
Palmer MountainESE3,430 m8.3 mi
Mount SillimanS3,397 m9.0 mi
Hogback PeakN3,376 m7.1 mi
Mount HarringtonN3,360 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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