Palmer Mountain
Palmer Mountain rises to 3,430 m in California. Mount Stanford stands 4,260 m to the east-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Avalanche Peak, a peak 1.4 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49059537, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,430 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Avalanche Peak: 1.4 mi
- The Sphinx: 1.9 mi
- Grand Sentinel: 2.6 mi
- Cross Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Buck Peak: 3.9 mi
- General Sherman Tree: 15.3 mi
- Chief Sequoyah: 15.6 mi
- Congress Group: 15.7 mi
- Lower Stony Creek: 15.8 mi
- McKinley Tree: 15.8 mi
- Roaring River Falls: 3.7 mi
- Mist Falls: 4.7 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 7.8 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 7.9 mi
- Grizzly Falls: 10.4 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 3.0 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 3.1 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 6.5 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 6.6 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 7.0 mi
- Tub Springs: 15.3 mi
- Boron Springs: 16.8 mi
- McGann Springs: 16.9 mi
- Wall Spring: 17.6 mi
- Slide Spring: 18.1 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 22.7 mi
- Japanese Garden: 22.8 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 22.8 mi
- Arai Pond: 22.9 mi
- Kado's Garden: 22.9 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 19.3 mi
- Muro Blanco: 11.5 mi
- Valhalla: 12.2 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 14.1 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 14.4 mi
- Windy Cliff: 17.8 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 16.9 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 20.6 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 20.7 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 23.4 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 18.7 mi
- Dehy Park: 20.7 mi
- Independence Park: 20.9 mi
- Merritt Park: 22.8 mi
- Kearsarge: 14.2 mi
- Bend City: 24.8 mi
- San Carlos: 24.8 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 18.6 mi
- Jumping Rock: 19.0 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 19.8 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 22.8 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 20.7 mi
- Paiute Mural: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Palmer Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Stanford | ESE 107° | 4,260 m | 10.1 mi |
| Gregory's Monument | ESE 108° | 4,254 m | 10.1 mi |
| Table Mountain | SE 139° | 4,151 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Ericsson | ESE 112° | 4,151 m | 9.3 mi |
| Milestone Mountain | SSE 149° | 4,149 m | 9.1 mi |
| Midway Mountain | SSE 147° | 4,140 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mount Brewer | ESE 120° | 4,136 m | 5.4 mi |
| Milestone Mesa | SSE 146° | 4,126 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:39 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:02 | 16:42 |
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, 13 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 253732 — Palmer Mountain, Fresno County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358795603
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