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Mount Hutchings

Mount Hutchings, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Hutchings rises to 3,285 m in California. North Guard stands 4,058 m to the southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is North Mountain, a peak 2.5 miles away.

The story

Mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California.

Wikidata Q49053142, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3,285 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.83292, -118.60111

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 28
Waterfalls: 24
Springs: 20
Historic sites: 13
  • Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 4.0 mi
  • Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 5.4 mi
  • Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 5.6 mi
  • Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 6.5 mi
  • Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 7.8 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
  • Columbine Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
Parks: 3
  • General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 19.2 mi
  • Dehy Park: 22.1 mi
  • Independence Park: 22.5 mi
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Mount Hutchings. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North GuardSE4,058 m10.1 mi
Arrow PeakNE3,951 m9.0 mi
Mount GardinerESE3,935 m8.1 mi
Mount Clarence KingE3,932 m8.5 mi
Mount FarquharSE3,926 m9.2 mi
Pyramid PeakENE3,896 m9.2 mi
Mount CotterE3,879 m8.9 mi
Marion PeakNNE3,874 m9.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3219:07
June solstice05:3619:3920:18
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
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, 17 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358767942

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