Sentinel Dome
Sentinel Dome rises to 2,776 m in California. Mount Brewer stands 4,136 m to the east-southeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Roaring River Falls, a waterfall 2.0 miles away.
The story
Dome in Kings Canyon National Park.
Wikidata Q49072250, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,776 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugarloaf: 2.1 mi
- North Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Avalanche Peak: 3.5 mi
- Grand Sentinel: 3.8 mi
- Lookout Peak: 4.1 mi
- Lower Stony Creek: 12.3 mi
- General Sherman Tree: 13.6 mi
- Chief Sequoyah: 14.1 mi
- Congress Group: 14.2 mi
- McKinley Tree: 14.2 mi
- Roaring River Falls: 2.0 mi
- Grizzly Falls: 6.3 mi
- Mist Falls: 6.5 mi
- Tokopah Falls: 10.6 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 11.1 mi
- Wall Spring: 15.9 mi
- Hidden Spring: 16.1 mi
- Big Springs: 16.3 mi
- Slide Spring: 16.3 mi
- Granite Spring: 16.6 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 2.6 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 4.4 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 6.5 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 7.0 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 9.2 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 10.2 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 12.2 mi
- Muro Blanco: 12.4 mi
- Valhalla: 13.3 mi
- Windy Cliff: 17.5 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 17.9 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 14.9 mi
- Dehy Park: 24.7 mi
- Independence Park: 24.9 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 15.2 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 24.6 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 24.7 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 14.3 mi
- Jumping Rock: 14.7 mi
- Kearsarge: 18.0 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 23.5 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Sentinel Dome. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Brewer | ESE 112° | 4,136 m | 9.5 mi |
| North Guard | ESE 109° | 4,058 m | 9.1 mi |
| South Guard | ESE 117° | 4,021 m | 10.0 mi |
| Sky Pilot Peak | ESE 119° | 3,966 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mount Gardiner | ENE 72° | 3,935 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mount Farquhar | ESE 105° | 3,926 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Sheldon | ESE 119° | 3,858 m | 9.0 mi |
| Glacier Ridge | SSE 154° | 3,767 m | 10.9 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 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:02 | 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, 12 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358799602
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