Slate Mountain
Slate Mountain rises to 2,829 m in California. North Maggie Mountain stands 3,119 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Dome Rock, a peak 2.8 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Tulare County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49074469, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,829 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Dome Rock: 2.8 mi
- Red Hill: 3.0 mi
- Onion Meadow Peak: 4.0 mi
- Mule Peak: 5.2 mi
- The Magician: 5.4 mi
- Camp Nelson soda spring: 4.3 mi
- Needle Spring: 4.6 mi
- Soda Spring: 6.7 mi
- Thompson Camp Spring: 8.5 mi
- Doyle Springs: 9.2 mi
- Springville Veterans Memorial Park: 13.8 mi
- Lake Success Big Sycamore Park: 19.2 mi
- Bartlett Park: 19.6 mi
- Murry Park: 23.9 mi
- Kernville Park Recreation Area: 23.9 mi
- Cholollo Falls: 4.2 mi
- Nobe Young Falls: 4.6 mi
- Alder Creek Slides: 4.6 mi
- Peppermint Creek Falls: 5.4 mi
- Seven Teacups: 8.1 mi
- Trail of 100 Giants: 7.4 mi
- Cabin 236: 7.8 mi
- Cabin 242: 7.8 mi
- Cabin 234: 7.8 mi
- Cabin 240: 7.8 mi
- The Needles Peak Fire Lookout: 5.4 mi
- Walkers Cabin: 14.1 mi
- Treaty of 1851: 17.1 mi
- John Ferrington Memorial: 22.7 mi
- Crabtree Cabin: 23.5 mi
- Parker Bluffs: 7.0 mi
- Window Cliffs: 24.2 mi
- Sunset Point Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Natural Bridge: 22.1 mi
- Natural Arch: 22.1 mi
- Kern Valley Museum: 24.2 mi
- Porterville Historical Museum: 24.7 mi
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 15.3 mi
- Fountain Springs: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Slate Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Maggie Mountain | NNW 346° | 3,119 m | 13.8 mi |
| Angora Mountain | NNE 30° | 3,108 m | 14.5 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | N 350° | 3,061 m | 15.8 mi |
| Maggie Mountain | N 349° | 3,046 m | 12.7 mi |
| Sherman Peak | ESE 116° | 3,020 m | 11.5 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | E 99° | 2,963 m | 11.4 mi |
| Schaeffer Mountain | E 95° | 2,843 m | 10.1 mi |
| Moses Mountain | NNW 337° | 2,820 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:37 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:04 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 81 | 80 | 74 | 64 | 52 | 46 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kern River PH 3, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 249558 — Slate Mountain, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358792717
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