Peak · California
Miners Nose
Miners Nose rises to 2,871 m in California. Mount Kaweah stands 4,205 m to the northeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Tufa Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2870.7 m
How to reach it
Coordinates36.44299, -118.60542
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Eagle Crest: 2.1 mi
- Mineral Peak: 2.3 mi
- Empire Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Hengst Peak: 2.4 mi
- White Chief Peak: 2.7 mi
Springs: 26
- Cold Spring: 0.6 mi
- Soda Spring: 1.3 mi
- Big Spring: 10.4 mi
- Big Fern Springs: 11.4 mi
- Granite Spring: 11.9 mi
Attractions: 23
- Tharp's Log: 11.1 mi
- Cleveland Tree: 11.2 mi
- Chimney Tree: 11.3 mi
- The Dead Giant: 11.4 mi
- Tunnel Log: 11.5 mi
Waterfalls: 14
- Tufa Falls: 0.4 mi
- Upper Cliff Creek Falls: 3.1 mi
- Lower Cliff Creek Falls: 3.2 mi
- Lower Buck Creek Falls: 8.1 mi
- Panther Creek Falls: 9.2 mi
Historic sites: 14
- Empire Mill Ruins: 1.2 mi
- Crabtree Cabin: 1.5 mi
- Alles Cabin: 4.1 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 6.7 mi
- Walkers Cabin: 11.4 mi
Picnic sites: 7
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 10.7 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- Sunset Point Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
Parks: 7
- Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 17.9 mi
- Slick Rock Recreation Area: 18.6 mi
- Horse Creek Recreation Area: 19.8 mi
- Lake Kaweah Recreation Area: 20.7 mi
- Kaweah Recreation Area: 21.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Valhalla: 8.9 mi
- Window Cliffs: 13.3 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 22.0 mi
Nature reserves: 3
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 19.4 mi
- Homer Ranch Preserve: 23.4 mi
- Dry Creek Preserve: 23.5 mi
Museums: 2
- Giant Forest Museum: 12.5 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 16.4 mi
Natural arches: 2
- Natural Arch: 14.0 mi
- Natural Bridge: 14.1 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Kern Hot Spring: 11.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Miners Nose. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kaweah | NE 51° | 4,205 m | 9.1 mi |
| Red Kaweah | NE 40° | 4,185 m | 8.7 mi |
| Michael's Pinnacle | NE 40° | 4,170.4 m | 8.7 mi |
| Second Kaweah | NE 45° | 4,165.5 m | 8.8 mi |
| Koontz Pinnacle | NE 37° | 4,145 m | 8.9 mi |
| Black Kaweah | NE 35° | 4,140 m | 8.6 mi |
| Squaretop | NE 43° | 4,121.8 m | 8.7 mi |
| Pyramidal Pinnacle | NE 37° | 4,116 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:38 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:03 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 54 | 57 | 66 | 76 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ASH MTN, 13 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 274638 — Miners Nose, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358802483
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