Tawny Point
Tawny Point rises to 3,716 m in California. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the southeast, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Tyndall, a peak 2.9 miles away.
The story
Summit in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q49081541, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,716 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Tyndall: 2.9 mi
- Mount Barnard: 3.0 mi
- Mount Versteeg: 3.1 mi
- Trojan Peak: 3.5 mi
- Polychrome Peak: 3.8 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 13.4 mi
- Boot Arch: 13.5 mi
- How the West Was Won (movie site): 13.7 mi
- Gunga Din (movie site): 13.8 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 13.9 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 6.9 mi
- Boron Springs: 12.5 mi
- Tub Springs: 12.6 mi
- Reinhackle Spring: 15.6 mi
- McGann Springs: 16.2 mi
- Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 8.8 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 11.5 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 12.3 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 13.5 mi
- Manzanar Cemetery Monument: 13.6 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 5.2 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 5.6 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 10.8 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 11.2 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 13.9 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 12.3 mi
- Lathe Arch: 13.9 mi
- Mobius Arch: 13.9 mi
- Heart Arch: 14.0 mi
- Palette Arch: 14.7 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 7.5 mi
- Valhalla: 12.3 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 14.0 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 14.8 mi
- Chocolate Block: 14.9 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 13.7 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 13.8 mi
- Kado's Garden: 13.9 mi
- Japanese Garden: 13.9 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 14.0 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 14.4 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 15.3 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 15.4 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 17.4 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 17.5 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 23.2 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
- Merritt Park: 14.0 mi
- Independence Park: 15.4 mi
- Dehy Park: 15.6 mi
- Spainhower Park: 17.3 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 18.4 mi
- Kearsarge: 12.9 mi
- San Carlos: 18.4 mi
- Bend City: 19.0 mi
- Paiute Mural: 14.0 mi
- Miss Alabama: 15.6 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 16.5 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 23.3 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 10.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Tawny Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | SE 126° | 4,420 m | 5.8 mi |
| Mount Williamson | ENE 62° | 4,383 m | 4.1 mi |
| Keeler Needle | SE 128° | 4,361 m | 5.9 mi |
| Crooks Peak | SE 128° | 4,342 m | 6.0 mi |
| Lewis Peak | SE 128° | 4,307 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Russell | ESE 119° | 4,296 m | 5.4 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | SE 129° | 4,289 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Tyndall | NE 48° | 4,275 m | 2.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:38 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:02 | 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, 15 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 268095 — Tawny Point, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358800307
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