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Sugarloaf

Sugarloaf, seen from above at true elevation

Sugarloaf rises to 2,424 m in California. Table Mountain stands 4,151 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin, a historic site 1.8 miles away.

The story

mountain in Tulare County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5399563

Wikidata Q49079254, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2424 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.73050, -118.65899

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 28
Waterfalls: 24
Springs: 22
Historic sites: 16
  • Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 1.8 mi
  • Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 2.3 mi
  • Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 7.9 mi
  • Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 8.1 mi
  • Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 6
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
  • Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 15.8 mi
Museums: 2
Beaches: 2
Parks: 1
  • General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 13.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Hot springs: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 24.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Sugarloaf. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Table MountainESE 115°4,151 m11.3 mi
Midway MountainESE 122°4,140 m11.4 mi
Mount BrewerE 99°4,136 m9.7 mi
Thunder MountainESE 113°4,122 m11.0 mi
North GuardE 96°4,058 m9.4 mi
South GuardESE 105°4,021 m10.0 mi
Sky Pilot PeakESE 107°3,966.3 m10.4 mi
Mount FarquharE 91°3,926 m8.9 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 solstice07:0416:0316:43

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, 10 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 267861 — Sugarloaf, Tulare County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358800121

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