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Munger Peak

Munger Peak, a peak in California
Munger Peak, a peak in CaliforniaTom Hilton · CC BY 2.0

Munger Peak rises to 3,680 m in California. Vennacher Needle stands 3,956 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Goat Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away.

The story

mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California

Wikidata Q49055809, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3680.3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.87431, -118.57976

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 28
Waterfalls: 21
Springs: 18
Historic sites: 14
  • Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 1.9 mi
  • Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 5.6 mi
  • Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 7.1 mi
  • Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 8.1 mi
  • Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 8.3 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
  • South Lake Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
  • La Hupp Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
Cliffs: 6
Parks: 3
  • Dehy Park: 21.4 mi
  • General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 21.8 mi
  • Independence Park: 21.8 mi
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Munger Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Vennacher NeedleNE 34°3,956 m10.4 mi
Mount IckesENE 62°3,953.2 m8.8 mi
Arrow PeakNE 53°3,951 m6.2 mi
Mount GardinerSE 125°3,934.6 m8.2 mi
Mount RuskinNE 39°3,934 m9.3 mi
Mount Clarence KingESE 111°3,931.8 m7.9 mi
Crater MountainENE 69°3,924.4 m9.4 mi
Staghorn PeakNE 36°3,905 m9.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3219:06
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, 21 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/358795298

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