Obelisk
Obelisk rises to 2,958 m in California. Mount Reinstein stands 3,842 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Spanish Mountain, a peak 2.1 miles away.
The story
Mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q118644975, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,958 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Spanish Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Crown Rock: 3.3 mi
- Tehipite Dome: 4.1 mi
- Kettle Dome: 4.6 mi
- Fascination Turret: 4.8 mi
- Chicago Stump: 10.6 mi
- Gamlin Cabin: 12.8 mi
- General Grant Tree: 12.8 mi
- Centennial Stump: 12.8 mi
- Mark Twain Stump: 14.5 mi
- Silver Spray Falls: 3.7 mi
- Blue Canyon Falls: 6.0 mi
- Garlic Falls: 6.3 mi
- Rancheria Creek Falls: 8.3 mi
- Grizzly Falls: 9.4 mi
- Wiesman Spring: 8.9 mi
- Lousy Spring: 10.6 mi
- Cold Springs: 14.7 mi
- Trough Spring: 15.2 mi
- Fox Spring: 15.7 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- Columbine Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
- Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 14.5 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 7.6 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 13.7 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 14.7 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 17.1 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 19.9 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 7.1 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 10.0 mi
- Patterson Bluffs: 12.7 mi
- Great Cliffs: 15.9 mi
- Windy Cliff: 17.3 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 10.8 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 13.2 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 15.3 mi
- Trimmer Recreation Area: 24.2 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 8.7 mi
- Jumping Rock: 8.8 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 24.1 mi
- Bookie Bear: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Obelisk. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Reinstein | NNE 28° | 3,842 m | 13.5 mi |
| Finger Peak | NE 39° | 3,780 m | 10.8 mi |
| Black Crown | NE 49° | 3,650 m | 12.0 mi |
| Tunemah Peak | ENE 56° | 3,627 m | 11.0 mi |
| Blue Canyon Peak | NE 44° | 3,615 m | 11.5 mi |
| Blackcap Mountain | NNE 16° | 3,519 m | 11.8 mi |
| Kennedy Mountain | E 101° | 3,474 m | 10.4 mi |
| Hogback Peak | ESE 105° | 3,376 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:40 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:03 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 66 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Balch PWR House, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 229916 — Obelisk, Fresno County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/7929571550
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