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South Guard

South Guard, seen from above at true elevation

South Guard rises to 4,021 m in California. Mount Tyndall stands 4,275 m to the east-southeast, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Sky Pilot Peak, a peak 0.6 miles away.

The story

South Guard is a remote 13,232-foot-elevation (4,033-meter) mountain summit located near the northern end of the Great Western Divide of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Tulare County of northern California. It is situated in Kings Canyon National Park, 1.63 miles (2.62 km) south of North Guard, and one mile south of Mount Brewer, which is the nearest higher neighbor. Topographic relief is significant as the west aspect rises 4,600 feet (1,400 meters) above Cloud Canyon in 3.5 miles, and the east aspect rises 3,200 feet (980 meters) above Lake Reflection in two miles. South Guard ranks as the 103rd highest summit in California, and the third-highest point of the northern Great Western Divide.

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Wikidata Q49075822, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
4021 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.69347, -118.48392

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 37
Springs: 22
Historic sites: 21
  • Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 5.3 mi
  • Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 6.1 mi
  • Donald Downs Plaque: 6.2 mi
  • Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 6.5 mi
  • Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 9.2 mi
Waterfalls: 21
Cliffs: 13
Gardens: 11
  • Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 18.1 mi
  • Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 18.2 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 18.2 mi
  • Rose Garden: 18.2 mi
  • Kado's Garden: 18.3 mi
Natural arches: 10
  • Whitney Portal Arch: 19.2 mi
  • Lathe Arch: 20.6 mi
  • Mobius Arch: 20.6 mi
  • Heart Arch: 20.7 mi
  • Palette Arch: 21.7 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
Museums: 6
Parks: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Paiute Mural: 18.2 mi
  • Miss Alabama: 22.4 mi
Beaches: 2
Hot springs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of South Guard. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TyndallESE 108°4,275 m8.5 mi
Mount StanfordE 81°4,260.2 m4.9 mi
Gregory's MonumentE 83°4,254.4 m4.9 mi
Mount KeithE 87°4,249 m7.8 mi
Junction PeakE 91°4,224 m6.5 mi
Caltech PeakE 93°4,216.5 m5.2 mi
Table MountainSSE 166°4,151 m2.3 mi
Mount EricssonE 86°4,150.7 m3.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:06
June solstice05:3619:3820:17
September equinox06:4318:1818:52
December solstice07:0316:0216:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283034384654616055453527
Precip in8.77.96.43.22.00.70.60.10.72.33.66.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lodgepole, 15 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 235072 — South Guard, Tulare County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358776298

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