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Mount Maddox

Mount Maddox, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Maddox rises to 2,946 m in California. Big Bird Peak stands 3,536 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mitchell Peak, a peak 1.8 miles away.

The story

mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California

Wikidata Q49053488, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2946 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.72765, -118.74710

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 30
Springs: 30
Waterfalls: 23
Historic sites: 16
  • Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 3.5 mi
  • Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 4.0 mi
  • Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 12.1 mi
  • Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 12.5 mi
  • Old Ranger Station: 12.6 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
  • Columbine Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
Cliffs: 7
Parks: 4
  • General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 8.8 mi
  • Teakettle Experiment Area: 22.9 mi
  • Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 23.8 mi
  • Slick Rock Recreation Area: 24.2 mi
Beaches: 2
Museums: 2
Nature reserves: 1
  • Homer Ranch Preserve: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Mount Maddox. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Bird PeakSE 135°3,536 m11.2 mi
Kennedy MountainNNE 23°3,474 m11.3 mi
Winter AltaSSE 150°3,453 m10.3 mi
Alta PeakSSE 154°3,437 m10.5 mi
Palmer MountainE 82°3,430 m9.9 mi
Mount SillimanSSE 154°3,397 m6.4 mi
Hogback PeakN 11°3,376 m10.5 mi
Mount HarringtonN 4°3,360 m9.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:3719:3920:18
September equinox06:4418:1918:53
December solstice07:0516:0316:43

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, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1659033 — Mount Maddox, Tulare County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358806806

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