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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
2,351.7 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: 13
  • 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 PeakNE3,840 m11.5 mi
Dougherty PeakNE3,733 m11.0 mi
Goat MountainENE3,719 m7.8 mi
Munger PeakENE3,680 m7.7 mi
Kid PeakENE3,492 m9.2 mi
Kennedy MountainNNE3,474 m4.4 mi
Palmer MountainSE3,430 m8.9 mi
Glacier MonumentE3,401 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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