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Tehipite Dome

Tehipite Dome, seen from above at true elevation

Tehipite Dome rises to 2,342 m in California. Mount Hansen stands 3,955 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver Spray Falls, a waterfall 0.5 miles away.

The story

large dome in Kings Canyon National Park

Wikidata Q49081758, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2342 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.91878, -118.78078

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions: 22
Waterfalls: 18
Picnic sites: 12
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
  • Helms Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
  • Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
  • Columbine Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
  • Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 16.3 mi
Springs: 12
Historic sites: 10
  • Blue Canyon Cabin: 4.5 mi
  • Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 9.8 mi
  • Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 13.2 mi
  • Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 15.9 mi
  • Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 16.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
Parks: 3
Beaches: 2
Museums: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Tehipite Dome. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HansenNNE 25°3,955 m11.8 mi
Wheel MountainNE 43°3,883 m12.2 mi
Mount ReinsteinNNE 12°3,841.8 m11.4 mi
Finger PeakNNE 20°3,779.7 m8.2 mi
Mount WoodworthNE 51°3,724 m11.7 mi
Goat MountainESE 107°3,719 m11.9 mi
Munger PeakESE 105°3,680.3 m11.5 mi
Black CrownNE 35°3,649.6 m8.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:3719:4020:19
September equinox06:4418:1918:54
December solstice07:0516:0216:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363638414958666560514235
Precip in8.07.37.83.61.40.50.30.20.32.43.36.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grant Grove, 16 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 236076 — Tehipite Dome, Fresno County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358777129

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