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Mount Silliman

Mount Silliman, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates36.64358, -118.69710

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 28
Springs: 27
Waterfalls: 23
Historic sites: 16
  • 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
Picnic sites: 6
  • 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
Parks: 6
Cliffs: 5
Museums: 2
Beaches: 2
Nature reserves: 2
  • Homer Ranch Preserve: 21.8 mi
  • Dry Creek Preserve: 23.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Milestone MountainE 93°4,149 m11.8 mi
Midway MountainE 90°4,140 m11.8 mi
Centennial PeakE 95°4,026 m11.5 mi
Lawson PeakESE 120°3,999 m11.7 mi
Mount SheldonENE 72°3,857.7 m11.3 mi
Triple Divide PeakESE 111°3,839 m9.9 mi
Glacier RidgeESE 103°3,767 m7.9 mi
Lion RockESE 116°3,767 m9.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:3719:3920:17
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
December solstice07:0416:0316:43

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, 3 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/358799657

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