Marion Peak
Marion Peak rises to 3,874 m in California. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the north, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Point, a peak 0.9 miles away.
The story
Marion Peak is a remote 12,719-foot-elevation (3,877-meter) mountain summit located in Kings Canyon National Park, in Fresno County of northern California, United States. It is situated on Cirque Crest which is west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, 2.13 miles (3.43 km) northeast of State Peak, and 2.6 miles (4.2 km) northwest of Arrow Peak, the nearest higher neighbor. Topographic relief is significant as the north aspect rises 2,400 feet (730 meters) above Marion Lake in one mile, and the southeast aspect rises 3,500 feet (1,100 meters) above South Fork Kings River in less than two miles.
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Wikidata Q49047977, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3874 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Point: 0.9 mi
- State Peak: 2.2 mi
- Arrow Peak: 2.6 mi
- Dougherty Peak: 2.8 mi
- Mount Ruskin: 3.1 mi
- Scotty Spring: 11.0 mi
- Harry Birch Springs: 13.3 mi
- Grouse Spring: 13.4 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 13.9 mi
- McGann Springs: 14.5 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 6.5 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 7.6 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 9.2 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 12.3 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 12.6 mi
- Triple Falls: 2.7 mi
- Mist Falls: 10.0 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 10.2 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 10.2 mi
- First Falls: 12.4 mi
- Muro Blanco: 3.3 mi
- Windy Cliff: 4.1 mi
- Great Cliffs: 5.8 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 8.6 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 19.3 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 19.4 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 19.7 mi
- Dehy Park: 20.5 mi
- Independence Park: 21.1 mi
- Kearsarge: 14.9 mi
- Bend City: 23.7 mi
- San Carlos: 24.3 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- Rock Monster: 12.0 mi
- John Muir Rock: 24.5 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 18.2 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 20.6 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 20.7 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 24.0 mi
- Jumping Rock: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Marion Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | N 3° | 4,343 m | 9.5 mi |
| Starlight Peak | N 2° | 4,323.7 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Sill | N 6° | 4,316 m | 9.7 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | N 3° | 4,298.2 m | 9.4 mi |
| Middle Palisade | NNE 20° | 4,278.2 m | 8.4 mi |
| Split Mountain | NE 51° | 4,269 m | 7.1 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | N 2° | 4,268 m | 9.7 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | NNE 21° | 4,258.6 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:39 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 85 | 83 | 76 | 64 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 21 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358798711
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