Sheep Mountain
Sheep Mountain rises to 3,061 m in California. Needham Mountain stands 3,816 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is North Maggie Mountain, a peak 2.3 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Tulare County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49072836, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,061 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- North Maggie Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Quinn Peak: 2.7 mi
- Maggie Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Soda Butte: 3.1 mi
- Moses Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Tunnel Rock: 17.0 mi
- Parker Group: 18.4 mi
- Buttress Tree: 18.4 mi
- Tunnel Log: 18.5 mi
- Hanging Rock: 18.5 mi
- Big Spring: 7.2 mi
- Doyle Springs: 7.5 mi
- Crystal Spring: 8.1 mi
- Soda Spring: 8.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 9.8 mi
- Tufa Falls: 9.5 mi
- Upper Cliff Creek Falls: 12.5 mi
- Lower Cliff Creek Falls: 12.5 mi
- Volcano Falls: 13.2 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 16.1 mi
- Walkers Cabin: 4.8 mi
- Crabtree Cabin: 8.1 mi
- Empire Mill Ruins: 10.5 mi
- Alles Cabin: 11.2 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 15.5 mi
- Springville Veterans Memorial Park: 16.3 mi
- Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 18.3 mi
- Slick Rock Recreation Area: 18.8 mi
- Horse Creek Recreation Area: 19.2 mi
- Lake Kaweah Recreation Area: 20.5 mi
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Sunset Point Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 16.8 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 11.9 mi
- Dry Creek Preserve: 23.9 mi
- Homer Ranch Preserve: 24.9 mi
- Window Cliffs: 15.1 mi
- Valhalla: 18.3 mi
- Parker Bluffs: 22.8 mi
- Natural Arch: 14.3 mi
- Natural Bridge: 14.4 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 18.1 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 19.5 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 16.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Sheep Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Needham Mountain | NNE 26° | 3,816 m | 11.2 mi |
| Florence Peak | NNE 31° | 3,789 m | 7.9 mi |
| Sawtooth Peak | NNE 21° | 3,759 m | 10.9 mi |
| Bullfrog Peak | NE 37° | 3,755 m | 7.1 mi |
| Lippincott Mountain | NNE 13° | 3,731 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mount Eisen | NNE 14° | 3,714 m | 13.5 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | NNE 28° | 3,656 m | 9.0 mi |
| Vandever Mountain | NNE 21° | 3,636 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:38 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:04 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 54 | 57 | 66 | 76 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ASH MTN, 17 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 1661429 — Sheep Mountain, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358808719
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