Staghorn Peak
Staghorn Peak rises to 3,905 m in California. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the north-northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Vennacher Needle, a peak 0.6 miles away.
The story
Peak in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q124657642, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,905.0 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Vennacher Needle: 0.6 mi
- Mount Ruskin: 0.8 mi
- Saddlehorn: 0.9 mi
- Red Point: 3.2 mi
- Marion Peak: 3.5 mi
- Scotty Spring: 9.1 mi
- Grouse Spring: 10.6 mi
- Harry Birch Springs: 11.7 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 12.7 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 13.6 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 8.4 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 10.0 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 11.5 mi
- Aberdeen Station: 14.6 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 14.9 mi
- Triple Falls: 4.5 mi
- First Falls: 9.5 mi
- Second Falls: 10.0 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 11.9 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 11.9 mi
- Windy Cliff: 5.1 mi
- Muro Blanco: 6.2 mi
- Great Cliffs: 7.0 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 11.8 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 22.7 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 15.9 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 16.3 mi
- Dehy Park: 19.7 mi
- Independence Park: 20.4 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 23.4 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Kearsarge: 15.0 mi
- Bend City: 22.4 mi
- San Carlos: 23.2 mi
- Rock Monster: 11.6 mi
- John Muir Rock: 24.8 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 13.4 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 17.3 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 19.9 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Staghorn Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | NNW 343° | 4,343 m | 7.5 mi |
| Starlight Peak | NNW 343° | 4,324 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Sill | NNW 348° | 4,316 m | 7.5 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | NNW 344° | 4,298 m | 7.4 mi |
| Middle Palisade | N 3° | 4,278 m | 5.6 mi |
| Split Mountain | NE 54° | 4,269 m | 3.6 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | NNW 343° | 4,268 m | 7.8 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | N 5° | 4,259 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:39 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
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 | 44 | 47 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 85 | 83 | 76 | 64 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 20 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/10890861864
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