Mitchell Peak
Mitchell Peak rises to 3,164 m in California. Glacier Ridge stands 3,767 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin, a historic site 1.7 miles away.
The story
mountain in Tulare County, California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49050741, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3164 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Maddox: 1.8 mi
- Lookout Peak: 2.8 mi
- Sugarloaf: 3.1 mi
- Ball Dome: 3.5 mi
- Kettle Peak: 4.2 mi
- Lower Stony Creek: 8.1 mi
- General Sherman Tree: 10.6 mi
- Chief Sequoyah: 11.1 mi
- McKinley Tree: 11.2 mi
- Congress Group: 11.2 mi
- Big Springs: 11.9 mi
- Hidden Spring: 12.0 mi
- Wall Spring: 12.8 mi
- Slide Spring: 13.1 mi
- Granite Spring: 13.4 mi
- Grizzly Falls: 5.2 mi
- Roaring River Falls: 6.2 mi
- Tokopah Falls: 8.5 mi
- Mist Falls: 10.8 mi
- Upper Buck Creek Falls: 11.4 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 1.7 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 2.8 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 10.7 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 11.1 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 12.5 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Columbine Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 7.8 mi
- Valhalla: 13.2 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 14.1 mi
- Muro Blanco: 16.3 mi
- Great Cliffs: 20.5 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 10.6 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 23.9 mi
- Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 24.9 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 11.0 mi
- Jumping Rock: 11.4 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 12.0 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 22.1 mi
- Kearsarge: 22.3 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 24.5 mi
- Homer Ranch Preserve: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Mitchell Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glacier Ridge | SE 132° | 3,767 m | 11.7 mi |
| Cross Mountain | E 89° | 3,709 m | 11.7 mi |
| Horn Peak | SE 141° | 3,584 m | 11.5 mi |
| Big Bird Peak | SE 143° | 3,536 m | 10.3 mi |
| Kennedy Mountain | NNE 14° | 3,474 m | 10.5 mi |
| Winter Alta | SSE 160° | 3,453 m | 9.9 mi |
| Alta Peak | SSE 164° | 3,437 m | 10.2 mi |
| Palmer Mountain | E 82° | 3,430 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:39 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:03 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 60 | 55 | 45 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lodgepole, 9 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358798842
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