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Pine Top Mountain

Pine Top Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Pine Top Mountain rises to 2,418 m in California. Needham Mountain stands 3,816 m to the east, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Paradise Peak, a peak 1.2 miles away.

The story

mountain in Tulare County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49061898, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2418 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.46578, -118.71454

Named places within 25 miles

Springs: 33
Attractions: 27
Waterfalls: 17
Historic sites: 12
Parks: 9
Picnic sites: 8
  • Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 4.9 mi
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
  • Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
Nature reserves: 3
  • Homer Ranch Preserve: 17.3 mi
  • Dry Creek Preserve: 17.6 mi
  • McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 18.2 mi
Museums: 2
Natural arches: 2
  • Natural Arch: 20.2 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 20.3 mi
Beaches: 2
Hot springs: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Bravo Lake Botanical Garden: 21.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Pine Top Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Needham MountainE 94°3,816 m9.9 mi
Florence PeakESE 114°3,788.7 m10.0 mi
Sawtooth PeakE 95°3,759 m8.9 mi
Bullfrog PeakESE 119°3,755 m10.6 mi
Lippincott MountainENE 65°3,731 m9.3 mi
Mount EisenENE 74°3,714 m8.4 mi
Eagle Scout PeakENE 57°3,658 m10.1 mi
Rainbow MountainESE 108°3,656.2 m9.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:3819:3920:17
September equinox06:4418:1918:53
December solstice07:0416:0416:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054576676838277665547
Precip in4.94.34.02.51.20.40.10.00.21.22.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ASH MTN, 6 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 247518 — Pine Top Mountain, Tulare County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358790631

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