Tehipite Dome
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
- 2,342 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Fascination Turret: 1.1 mi
- Gendarme Turret: 1.2 mi
- Frustration Turret: 1.3 mi
- El Corporale Turret: 1.6 mi
- El Commandante Turret: 1.7 mi
- Chicago Stump: 14.1 mi
- Gamlin Cabin: 15.8 mi
- General Grant Tree: 15.8 mi
- Centennial Stump: 15.8 mi
- Rock Monster: 16.1 mi
- Silver Spray Falls: 0.5 mi
- Blue Canyon Falls: 1.9 mi
- Grizzly Falls: 8.2 mi
- Garlic Falls: 10.3 mi
- Rancheria Creek Falls: 12.1 mi
- 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
- Wiesman Spring: 13.0 mi
- Cold Springs: 14.3 mi
- Lousy Spring: 14.7 mi
- Trough Spring: 18.8 mi
- Fox Spring: 19.5 mi
- 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
- Slide Bluffs: 5.9 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 7.9 mi
- Great Cliffs: 12.0 mi
- Windy Cliff: 13.3 mi
- Muro Blanco: 14.3 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 14.5 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 15.0 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 17.1 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 11.2 mi
- Jumping Rock: 11.4 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 24.5 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hansen | NNE 25° | 3,955 m | 11.8 mi |
| Wheel Mountain | NE 43° | 3,883 m | 12.2 mi |
| Mount Reinstein | NNE 12° | 3,842 m | 11.4 mi |
| Finger Peak | NNE 20° | 3,780 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Woodworth | NE 51° | 3,724 m | 11.7 mi |
| Goat Mountain | ESE 107° | 3,719 m | 11.9 mi |
| Munger Peak | ESE 105° | 3,680 m | 11.5 mi |
| Black Crown | NE 35° | 3,650 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:40 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:02 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 36 | 38 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 8.0 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 6.6 |
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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