State Peak
State Peak rises to 3,840 m in California. Middle Palisade stands 4,278 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Dougherty Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away.
The story
State Peak is a remote 12,620-foot-elevation (3,850-meter) mountain summit located in Kings Canyon National Park, in Fresno County of northern California, United States. It is situated on Cirque Crest which is west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, 3.03 miles (4.88 km) west of Arrow Peak, and 2.13 miles (3.43 km) southwest of Marion Peak, the nearest higher neighbor. Topographic relief is significant as the west aspect rises 2,100 feet (640 meters) above State Lakes in 1.5 mile, and the southeast aspect rises 4,000 feet (1,200 meters) above South Fork Kings River in 1.5 mile.
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Wikidata Q49077754, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3840 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Dougherty Peak: 0.7 mi
- Marion Peak: 2.2 mi
- Red Point: 2.7 mi
- Arrow Peak: 3.0 mi
- Kid Peak: 3.7 mi
- Scotty Spring: 12.2 mi
- Harry Birch Springs: 14.3 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 14.6 mi
- McGann Springs: 14.9 mi
- Grouse Spring: 15.4 mi
- Triple Falls: 3.7 mi
- Mist Falls: 8.2 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 9.2 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 9.2 mi
- Roaring River Falls: 11.2 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 4.4 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 7.4 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 7.8 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 10.5 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 11.6 mi
- Muro Blanco: 2.0 mi
- Windy Cliff: 5.2 mi
- Great Cliffs: 6.4 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 7.2 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 17.3 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- Dehy Park: 20.9 mi
- Independence Park: 21.4 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 21.5 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 21.8 mi
- Kearsarge: 14.8 mi
- Bend City: 24.2 mi
- San Carlos: 24.8 mi
- Rock Monster: 13.1 mi
- Lower Stony Creek: 24.4 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 17.0 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 18.7 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 20.9 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 21.0 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 22.0 mi
- Jumping Rock: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of State Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Palisade | NNE 24° | 4,278.2 m | 10.5 mi |
| Split Mountain | NE 48° | 4,269 m | 9.2 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | NNE 25° | 4,258.6 m | 10.3 mi |
| Norman Clyde Peak | NNE 22° | 4,245.2 m | 10.6 mi |
| Balcony Peak | NNE 25° | 4,237.2 m | 10.3 mi |
| Palisade Crest | NNE 17° | 4,131 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mount Bolton Brown | NE 36° | 4,124.3 m | 9.8 mi |
| Mount Pinchot | E 82° | 4,113.6 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:39 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
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, 21 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 267701 — State Peak, Fresno County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358800070
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