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Lower Tokopah Dome

Lower Tokopah Dome, seen from above at true elevation

Lower Tokopah Dome rises to 2,891 m in California. Black Kaweah stands 4,140 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Santa Cruz Dome, a peak 0.2 miles away.

The story

peak in the Sierra Nevada of California

Wikidata Q124657656, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2890.7 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.62387, -118.69937

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 28
Springs: 26
Waterfalls: 22
Historic sites: 17
  • Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 5.5 mi
  • Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 6.0 mi
  • Old Ranger Station: 8.0 mi
  • Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 8.2 mi
  • Alles Cabin: 11.0 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
  • Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 8.2 mi
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
Parks: 6
Museums: 2
Beaches: 2
Nature reserves: 2
  • Homer Ranch Preserve: 21.0 mi
  • Dry Creek Preserve: 22.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Lower Tokopah Dome. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black KaweahESE 118°4,140 m11.5 mi
Pyramidal PinnacleESE 117°4,116 m11.9 mi
Kaweah QueenESE 114°4,074 m11.6 mi
Centennial PeakE 89°4,026 m11.6 mi
Lawson PeakESE 113°3,999 m11.2 mi
Triple Divide PeakESE 103°3,839 m9.6 mi
Glacier RidgeE 93°3,767 m7.8 mi
Lion RockESE 108°3,767 m9.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:3719:3920:17
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
December solstice07:0416:0316:43

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, 2 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/11540199284

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