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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
3285 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.83292, -118.60111

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 28
Waterfalls: 24
Springs: 20
Historic sites: 14
  • 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 GuardSE 143°4,058 m10.1 mi
Arrow PeakNE 43°3,951 m9.0 mi
Mount GardinerESE 103°3,934.6 m8.1 mi
Mount Clarence KingE 90°3,931.8 m8.5 mi
Mount FarquharSE 142°3,926 m9.2 mi
Pyramid PeakENE 56°3,895.5 m9.2 mi
Mount CotterE 96°3,879.2 m8.9 mi
Marion PeakNNE 27°3,874 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 5080 °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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