Mount Silliman
Mount Silliman rises to 3,397 m in California. Milestone Mountain stands 4,149 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Santa Cruz Dome, a peak 1.3 miles away.
The story
Mount Silliman is a mountain in California along the boundary between Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park The summit, at 11,193 feet (3,412 m) is on the Sillman Crest, a part of the Kings-Kaweah Divide.
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Wikidata Q22078023, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3397 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Santa Cruz Dome: 1.3 mi
- Lower Tokopah Dome: 1.4 mi
- Twin Peaks: 1.6 mi
- The Watchtower: 2.5 mi
- Ball Dome: 2.7 mi
- General Sherman Tree: 5.2 mi
- Chief Sequoyah: 5.6 mi
- Congress Group: 5.7 mi
- McKinley Tree: 5.8 mi
- Cattle Cabin: 5.9 mi
- Wall Spring: 7.5 mi
- Slide Spring: 8.0 mi
- Granite Spring: 8.2 mi
- Big Fern Springs: 8.4 mi
- Hidden Spring: 9.5 mi
- Tokopah Falls: 2.3 mi
- Upper Buck Creek Falls: 5.7 mi
- Lower Buck Creek Falls: 6.7 mi
- Panther Creek Falls: 7.3 mi
- Marble Falls: 8.2 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 4.2 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 6.9 mi
- Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 7.2 mi
- Old Ranger Station: 9.0 mi
- Alles Cabin: 12.4 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 9.5 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 11.7 mi
- Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 20.3 mi
- Slick Rock Recreation Area: 20.8 mi
- Lake Kaweah Recreation Area: 22.6 mi
- Horse Creek Recreation Area: 22.6 mi
- Valhalla: 7.9 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 13.2 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 20.1 mi
- Muro Blanco: 20.8 mi
- Window Cliffs: 24.9 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 6.9 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 17.6 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 15.1 mi
- Jumping Rock: 15.4 mi
- Homer Ranch Preserve: 21.8 mi
- Dry Creek Preserve: 23.6 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 19.8 mi
- Kearsarge: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Mount Silliman. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milestone Mountain | E 93° | 4,149 m | 11.8 mi |
| Midway Mountain | E 90° | 4,140 m | 11.8 mi |
| Centennial Peak | E 95° | 4,026 m | 11.5 mi |
| Lawson Peak | ESE 120° | 3,999 m | 11.7 mi |
| Mount Sheldon | ENE 72° | 3,857.7 m | 11.3 mi |
| Triple Divide Peak | ESE 111° | 3,839 m | 9.9 mi |
| Glacier Ridge | ESE 103° | 3,767 m | 7.9 mi |
| Lion Rock | ESE 116° | 3,767 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:39 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 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, 3 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358799657
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