Mount Kaweah
Mount Kaweah rises to 4,205 m in California. S'brutal Tower stands 4,226 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Second Kaweah, a peak 0.9 miles away.
The story
Mount Kaweah () is a mountain in California's Sequoia National Park and forms part of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge, a spur of the Great Western Divide which extends south from Triple Divide Peak. It has a summit elevation of 13,807 ft (4,208 m), the highest along the Kaweah Peaks Ridge.
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Wikidata Q6921611, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,205 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Second Kaweah: 0.9 mi
- Bilko Pinnacle: 1.2 mi
- Squaretop: 1.3 mi
- Michael's Pinnacle: 1.7 mi
- Red Kaweah: 1.8 mi
- Tharp's Log: 14.9 mi
- Cleveland Tree: 15.1 mi
- Chimney Tree: 15.1 mi
- Chief Sequoyah: 15.4 mi
- The Three Amigos: 15.4 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 3.1 mi
- Empire Mill Ruins: 8.0 mi
- Crabtree Cabin: 9.5 mi
- Alles Cabin: 11.6 mi
- Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 15.8 mi
- Soda Spring: 8.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 9.1 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 11.1 mi
- Big Fern Springs: 16.4 mi
- Wall Spring: 16.5 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 3.6 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 3.9 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 5.3 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 6.1 mi
- Lower Cliff Creek Falls: 6.9 mi
- Natural Arch: 12.8 mi
- Natural Bridge: 12.9 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 18.7 mi
- Lathe Arch: 20.5 mi
- Palette Arch: 20.5 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 22.4 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 22.5 mi
- Kado's Garden: 22.5 mi
- Japanese Garden: 22.6 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 22.6 mi
- Valhalla: 6.8 mi
- Window Cliffs: 10.8 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 13.2 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 20.4 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 20.5 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 16.3 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 16.5 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 23.0 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 23.6 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 23.7 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 24.0 mi
- Merritt Park: 22.6 mi
- Spainhower Park: 23.6 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 23.6 mi
- Independence Park: 24.4 mi
- Dehy Park: 24.6 mi
- Miss Alabama: 21.6 mi
- Paiute Mural: 22.6 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 5.2 mi
- Kearsarge: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Mount Kaweah. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| S'brutal Tower | ENE 75° | 4,226 m | 10.7 mi |
| Discovery Pinnacle | ENE 78° | 4,192 m | 10.7 mi |
| Red Kaweah | WNW 302° | 4,185 m | 1.8 mi |
| Michael's Pinnacle | WNW 301° | 4,170 m | 1.7 mi |
| Second Kaweah | WNW 301° | 4,166 m | 0.9 mi |
| Table Mountain | N 2° | 4,151 m | 9.3 mi |
| Milestone Mountain | N 358° | 4,149 m | 7.5 mi |
| Koontz Pinnacle | NW 310° | 4,145 m | 2.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:38 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 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, 15 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 254846 — Mount Kaweah, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358796125
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