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Mount Farquhar

Mount Farquhar, seen from above at true elevation

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
3,926 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.72850, -118.49828

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 36
Waterfalls: 20
Springs: 20
Historic sites: 19
  • 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
  • Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 10.3 mi
Cliffs: 13
Gardens: 9
  • Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 18.7 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 18.8 mi
  • Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 18.9 mi
  • Arai Pond: 18.9 mi
  • Kado's Garden: 18.9 mi
Natural arches: 8
  • 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
Picnic sites: 6
  • 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
Museums: 4
Parks: 4
  • 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
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Paiute Mural: 18.9 mi
  • Miss Alabama: 24.0 mi
Beaches: 2
Hot springs: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount StanfordESE4,260 m5.9 mi
Gregory's MonumentESE4,254 m6.0 mi
Mount KeithESE4,249 m8.8 mi
Junction PeakESE4,224 m7.8 mi
Caltech PeakESE4,217 m6.6 mi
Table MountainSSE4,151 m4.9 mi
Mount EricssonESE4,151 m5.1 mi
Milestone MountainS4,149 m6.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:06
June solstice05:3619:3820:17
September equinox06:4318:1818:52
December solstice07:0416:0216:42

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, 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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