Mount Farquhar
Mount Farquhar rises to 3,926 m in California. Mount Stanford stands 4,260 m to the east-southeast, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Cross Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away.
The story
Mount Farquhar, or Mount Francis Farquhar, is a peak in Kings Canyon National Park. It is named in for Francis P. Farquhar, a conservationist who played a key role in creating the park.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q6920729, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3926 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cross Mountain: 0.6 mi
- North Guard: 0.9 mi
- Mount Brewer: 1.6 mi
- Mount Sheldon: 2.3 mi
- South Guard: 2.5 mi
- General Sherman Tree: 17.3 mi
- Chief Sequoyah: 17.6 mi
- Congress Group: 17.7 mi
- McKinley Tree: 17.7 mi
- Tharp's Log: 17.8 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 2.8 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 4.0 mi
- Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 5.5 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 6.7 mi
- Donald Downs Plaque: 7.4 mi
- Mist Falls: 6.5 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 6.6 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 6.6 mi
- Roaring River Falls: 7.8 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 10.7 mi
- Tub Springs: 12.0 mi
- Boron Springs: 13.3 mi
- McGann Springs: 14.2 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 15.8 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 16.6 mi
- Valhalla: 11.9 mi
- Muro Blanco: 12.6 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 16.8 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 17.2 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 18.6 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 18.7 mi
- Japanese Garden: 18.8 mi
- Rose Garden: 18.8 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 18.9 mi
- Arai Pond: 18.9 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 20.9 mi
- Lathe Arch: 22.1 mi
- Mobius Arch: 22.1 mi
- Heart Arch: 22.2 mi
- Hitching Post Arch: 23.4 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 17.1 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 17.2 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 19.0 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 19.4 mi
- Dehy Park: 17.2 mi
- Independence Park: 17.3 mi
- Merritt Park: 18.8 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 22.4 mi
- Kearsarge: 11.1 mi
- San Carlos: 21.3 mi
- Bend City: 21.3 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 16.6 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 20.8 mi
- Paiute Mural: 18.9 mi
- Miss Alabama: 24.0 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 22.7 mi
- Jumping Rock: 23.1 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 18.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Mount Farquhar. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Stanford | ESE 107° | 4,260.2 m | 5.9 mi |
| Gregory's Monument | ESE 108° | 4,254.4 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mount Keith | ESE 103° | 4,249 m | 8.8 mi |
| Junction Peak | ESE 109° | 4,224 m | 7.8 mi |
| Caltech Peak | ESE 115° | 4,216.5 m | 6.6 mi |
| Table Mountain | SSE 164° | 4,151 m | 4.9 mi |
| Mount Ericsson | ESE 115° | 4,150.7 m | 5.1 mi |
| Milestone Mountain | S 173° | 4,149 m | 6.5 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 | 19:38 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:02 | 16:42 |
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, 16 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1662334 — Mount Farquhar, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358809662
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