Shuteye Peak
Shuteye Peak rises to 2,536 m in California. Gale Peak stands 3,258 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Shuteye Peak, a peak 3.9 miles away.
The story
Shuteye Peak is a mountain located in the Sierra National Forest in Madera County, California on the highest point of Chiquito Ridge. It is home to the first permanent fire lookout built in the Sierra Nevada. Shuteye Peak is known for its panoramic views of the San Joaquin Valley, Mammoth Mountain, Bass Lake, and North Fork areas and is home to one of the last active fire lookouts in California. Today, Shuteye Peak operates as one of a triangle of lookouts in the Sierra National Forest's Bass Lake Ranger District with Miami Mountain and Signal Peak. The peak is accessible by a main trailhead which begins north of Central Camp used by the United States Forest Service to supply the lookout by off-road vehicle. The trail is steep and technical with many exposed rock sections of quartz monzonite. It is popular with hikers and mountain bikers in the summer months.
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Wikidata Q49073595, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2536 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Shuteye Peak: 3.9 mi
- Graham Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Peckinpah Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Greys Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Glass Rock: 7.3 mi
- Whisky Falls: 4.3 mi
- Camino Falls: 4.9 mi
- Angel Falls: 7.9 mi
- Corlieu Falls: 11.7 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 12.8 mi
- North Fork Recreation Area Memorial Park: 8.8 mi
- Oakhurst Community Park: 12.5 mi
- Huntington Lake Game Refuge: 13.7 mi
- John S. Eastwood Park: 16.1 mi
- Wassama Roundhouse State Historic Park: 16.2 mi
- Mile High Vista Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
- Pine Point Day Use: 6.9 mi
- Rocky Point Picnic Ground: 6.9 mi
- Lakeside Day Use Area: 7.0 mi
- The Falls Picnic Site: 8.0 mi
- Arnold Spring: 12.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 19.2 mi
- Little Eden: 22.6 mi
- Old Pedro: 22.7 mi
- Reed Pools: 22.7 mi
- Whites Cabin: 4.8 mi
- Exact Center of California: 12.7 mi
- 786 Squadron Memorial: 16.1 mi
- Heitz Meadow Guard Station: 16.9 mi
- Chetwood Cabin: 19.6 mi
- Willow Creek Trail: 8.0 mi
- Bull Buck Tree: 10.0 mi
- Big Ed: 10.2 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 13.9 mi
- Grizzly Giant: 14.2 mi
- Sierra-Mono Indian Museum: 9.3 mi
- Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park: 11.7 mi
- Thornberry Museum: 13.8 mi
- Mariposa Grove Museum: 14.7 mi
- Museum of the Sierra: 16.9 mi
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 5.5 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 10.4 mi
- Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 10.7 mi
- Big Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 22.7 mi
- San Joaquin Experimental Range: 23.9 mi
- South Fork Bluffs: 6.0 mi
- San Joaquin Butte: 20.4 mi
- Big Sandy Bluff: 20.7 mi
- Junction Bluffs: 21.2 mi
- Grand Bluff: 22.3 mi
- Arch Rock: 10.6 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 12.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Shuteye Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gale Peak | N 8° | 3,258 m | 15.3 mi |
| Sing Peak | N 9° | 3,201 m | 14.3 mi |
| Madera Peak | NNE 13° | 3,197 m | 13.3 mi |
| Kaiser Peak | ESE 106° | 3,142 m | 13.9 mi |
| Redtop | N 6° | 3,039 m | 13.7 mi |
| Moraine Mountain | N 355° | 2,979 m | 16.7 mi |
| Iron Mountain | NNW 340° | 2,794 m | 9.7 mi |
| College Rock | ESE 111° | 2,760.36 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:44 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 46 | 49 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 61 | 51 | 46 |
| Precip in | 7.1 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N FK RS, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 253581 — Shuteye Peak, Madera County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358795541
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 27 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 27 mi
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