Spanish Mountain
Spanish Mountain rises to 3,064 m in California. Finger Peak stands 3,780 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Obelisk, a peak 2.1 miles away.
The story
mountain in California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49076206, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3064 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Obelisk: 2.1 mi
- Crown Rock: 3.4 mi
- Yucca Point: 5.5 mi
- Volcanic Cone: 5.6 mi
- Castle Peak: 5.6 mi
- Chicago Stump: 9.4 mi
- Gamlin Cabin: 11.9 mi
- General Grant Tree: 12.0 mi
- Centennial Stump: 12.0 mi
- Mark Twain Stump: 13.9 mi
- Wiesman Spring: 6.9 mi
- Lousy Spring: 8.5 mi
- Trough Spring: 13.9 mi
- Fox Spring: 14.2 mi
- Clover Meadow Spring: 14.3 mi
- Garlic Falls: 4.7 mi
- Silver Spray Falls: 5.8 mi
- Rancheria Creek Falls: 6.3 mi
- Blue Canyon Falls: 8.0 mi
- Grizzly Falls: 10.9 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Columbine Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 13.5 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 9.2 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 15.8 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 16.1 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 18.4 mi
- Qualls Camp: 20.8 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 8.0 mi
- Patterson Bluffs: 10.6 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 12.0 mi
- Great Cliffs: 17.7 mi
- Windy Cliff: 19.2 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 8.9 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 12.3 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 15.1 mi
- Trimmer Recreation Area: 22.1 mi
- Jumping Rock: 8.3 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 8.4 mi
- Bookie Bear: 23.1 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Spanish Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finger Peak | NE 47° | 3,779.7 m | 12.2 mi |
| Tunemah Peak | ENE 62° | 3,626.5 m | 12.7 mi |
| Blue Canyon Peak | NE 51° | 3,615 m | 13.0 mi |
| Blackcap Mountain | NNE 26° | 3,519 m | 12.5 mi |
| Kennedy Mountain | E 99° | 3,474 m | 12.5 mi |
| Hogback Peak | ESE 103° | 3,376 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mount Harrington | ESE 107° | 3,360 m | 9.1 mi |
| Slide Peak | E 93° | 3,327 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:40 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:03 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 66 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Balch PWR House, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 235159 — Spanish Mountain, Fresno County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358776365
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