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Stag Dome

Stag Dome, seen from above at true elevation

Stag Dome rises to 2,352 m in California. State Peak stands 3,840 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Tower No. ½, a peak 2.2 miles away.

The story

mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California

Wikidata Q49077442, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2351.7 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.82095, -118.70117

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Tower No. ½: 2.2 mi
  • Tower No. 1: 2.2 mi
  • Tower No. 2: 2.3 mi
  • Tower No. 3: 2.3 mi
  • Tower No. 4: 2.3 mi
Attractions: 31
Waterfalls: 22
Springs: 21
Historic sites: 14
  • Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 5.5 mi
  • Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 7.1 mi
  • Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 8.3 mi
  • Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 9.8 mi
  • Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 10.8 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
  • Columbine Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
Cliffs: 7
Parks: 3
Beaches: 2
Museums: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Stag Dome. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
State PeakNE 48°3,840 m11.5 mi
Dougherty PeakNE 51°3,733 m11.0 mi
Goat MountainENE 64°3,719 m7.8 mi
Munger PeakENE 61°3,680.3 m7.7 mi
Kid PeakENE 65°3,492 m9.2 mi
Kennedy MountainNNE 24°3,474 m4.4 mi
Palmer MountainSE 125°3,430 m8.9 mi
Glacier MonumentE 98°3,401.2 m10.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:3719:3920:18
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
December solstice07:0516:0216:43

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 267656 — Stag Dome, Fresno County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358800056

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