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Tamarack Mountain

Tamarack Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Tamarack Mountain rises to 2,414 m in California. Mount Givens stands 3,245 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Kerckhoff Dome, a peak 2.1 miles away. 128 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.

The story

Mountain in California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49081249, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2,414 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.17992, -119.22157

128 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 59
Picnic sites: 13
Waterfalls: 11
Springs: 11
  • Cole Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Little Eden: 14.9 mi
  • Reed Pools: 15.1 mi
  • Old Pedro: 15.1 mi
  • Iodone Springs: 15.2 mi
Parks: 10
Cliffs: 7
Historic sites: 6
Attractions: 5
  • Mono Hot Springs Resort: 15.2 mi
  • Whitewater Voyages Headquarters: 21.6 mi
  • Zephyr Headquarters: 21.7 mi
  • John Muir Rock: 22.0 mi
  • Willow Creek Trail: 22.0 mi
Nature reserves: 3
  • Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 7.7 mi
  • Whisky Snowmobile Area: 12.4 mi
  • Big Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 22.4 mi
Museums: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Arch Rock: 18.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tamarack Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount GivensNE3,245 m11.4 mi
Mount Ian CampbellENE3,238 m12.4 mi
Three SistersESE3,215 m9.2 mi
Brown PeakESE3,145 m9.8 mi
Kings CastleENE3,144 m13.3 mi
Kaiser PeakNNE3,142 m8.2 mi
Dogtooth PeakE3,126 m10.2 mi
Eagle PeakESE3,125 m12.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3519:09
June solstice05:3819:4220:21
September equinox06:4518:2118:55
December solstice07:0816:0316:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343436404654616256474035
Precip in8.57.86.84.02.40.70.70.10.42.33.96.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Huntington Lake, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1659953 — Tamarack Mountain, Fresno County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358807526

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