Santa Cruz Dome
Santa Cruz Dome rises to 2,923 m in California. Black Kaweah stands 4,140 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Tokopah Dome, a peak 0.2 miles away.
The story
Peak in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q124657655, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,923.0 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Lower Tokopah Dome: 0.2 mi
- The Watchtower: 1.2 mi
- Mount Silliman: 1.3 mi
- Twin Peaks: 2.7 mi
- Panther Peak: 3.0 mi
- General Sherman Tree: 4.0 mi
- Chief Sequoyah: 4.4 mi
- Congress Group: 4.5 mi
- McKinley Tree: 4.5 mi
- Cattle Cabin: 4.7 mi
- Wall Spring: 6.3 mi
- Slide Spring: 6.8 mi
- Granite Spring: 7.0 mi
- Big Fern Springs: 7.2 mi
- Hidden Spring: 8.9 mi
- Tokopah Falls: 1.1 mi
- Upper Buck Creek Falls: 5.1 mi
- Lower Buck Creek Falls: 5.6 mi
- Panther Creek Falls: 6.0 mi
- Marble Falls: 7.0 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 5.5 mi
- Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 5.9 mi
- Old Ranger Station: 7.9 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 8.1 mi
- Alles Cabin: 11.2 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 8.2 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 11.8 mi
- Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 19.1 mi
- Slick Rock Recreation Area: 19.7 mi
- Lake Kaweah Recreation Area: 21.4 mi
- Horse Creek Recreation Area: 21.5 mi
- Valhalla: 7.4 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 14.2 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 21.3 mi
- Muro Blanco: 22.0 mi
- Window Cliffs: 24.3 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 5.7 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 16.4 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 15.7 mi
- Jumping Rock: 16.0 mi
- Homer Ranch Preserve: 20.9 mi
- Dry Creek Preserve: 22.5 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 19.4 mi
- Kearsarge: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Santa Cruz Dome. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Kaweah | ESE 118° | 4,140 m | 11.7 mi |
| Kaweah Queen | ESE 114° | 4,074 m | 11.8 mi |
| Centennial Peak | E 89° | 4,026 m | 11.8 mi |
| Lawson Peak | ESE 113° | 3,999 m | 11.4 mi |
| Triple Divide Peak | ESE 103° | 3,839 m | 9.8 mi |
| Glacier Ridge | E 94° | 3,767 m | 8.0 mi |
| Lion Rock | ESE 108° | 3,767 m | 9.4 mi |
| Copper Mine Peak | ESE 103° | 3,763 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:39 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:03 | 16:43 |
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, 2 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/11540199283
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