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Painted Lady

Painted Lady, seen from above at true elevation

Painted Lady rises to 3,688 m in California. Mount Stanford stands 4,260 m to the south, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Rixford, a peak 0.6 miles away.

The story

Painted Lady is a 12,126-foot-elevation (3,696-meter) mountain summit located in Fresno County, California.

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Wikidata Q49059419, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3688 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.79302, -118.39955

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 27
Waterfalls: 20
Attractions: 20
  • Chicken Ranch: 18.2 mi
  • Boot Arch: 18.5 mi
  • Cyclops Skull Arch: 18.5 mi
  • Man of Steel (movie site): 18.7 mi
  • Iron Man (movie site): 19.0 mi
Historic sites: 18
  • Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 2.7 mi
  • Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 5.9 mi
  • Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 6.0 mi
  • Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 6.9 mi
  • Donald Downs Plaque: 7.2 mi
Cliffs: 12
Gardens: 11
  • Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 14.0 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 14.0 mi
  • Rose Garden: 14.1 mi
  • Arai Pond: 14.1 mi
  • Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 14.2 mi
Natural arches: 8
  • Whitney Portal Arch: 18.9 mi
  • Mobius Arch: 19.6 mi
  • Lathe Arch: 19.6 mi
  • Heart Arch: 19.7 mi
  • Hitching Post Arch: 20.9 mi
Museums: 5
Parks: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Paiute Mural: 14.1 mi
  • Miss Alabama: 21.5 mi
Hot springs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Painted Lady. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount StanfordS 178°4,260.2 m6.2 mi
Gregory's MonumentS 178°4,254.4 m6.3 mi
Mount KeithSSE 154°4,249 m7.1 mi
Junction PeakSSE 165°4,224 m7.3 mi
Caltech PeakS 176°4,216.5 m7.2 mi
Table MountainSSW 204°4,151 m10.0 mi
Mount EricssonS 187°4,150.7 m6.7 mi
University PeakSE 146°4,138 m3.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:06
June solstice05:3619:3820:17
September equinox06:4218:1818:52
December solstice07:0316:0116:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444754606979858376645243
Precip in1.40.90.70.20.10.10.10.10.10.20.50.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 11 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/358799020

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