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Slide Peak

Slide Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Slide Peak rises to 3,327 m in California. Wheel Mountain stands 3,883 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Kennedy Mountain, a peak 2.0 miles away.

The story

mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California

Wikidata Q49074605, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3327 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.90030, -118.69185

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions: 31
Waterfalls: 22
Springs: 18
Historic sites: 12
  • Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 4.8 mi
  • Blue Canyon Cabin: 6.3 mi
  • Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 10.9 mi
  • Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 11.8 mi
  • Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 12.2 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
  • Helms Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
  • Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
  • Columbine Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
Cliffs: 7
Parks: 3
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Museums: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Slide Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wheel MountainNNE 19°3,883 m10.7 mi
Marion PeakENE 67°3,874 m10.1 mi
State PeakENE 75°3,840 m8.4 mi
Finger PeakNNW 347°3,779.7 m9.2 mi
Dougherty PeakE 80°3,733 m8.1 mi
Mount WoodworthNNE 25°3,724 m9.6 mi
Goat MountainESE 108°3,719 m6.8 mi
Munger PeakESE 106°3,680.3 m6.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:3719:4020:18
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
December solstice07:0516:0216:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363638414958666560514235
Precip in8.07.37.83.61.40.50.30.20.32.43.36.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grant Grove, 19 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 2026363 — Slide Peak, Fresno County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358852092

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