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Tenderfoot Peak

Tenderfoot Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Tenderfoot Peak rises to 3,235 m in California. State Peak stands 3,840 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Bushmaster, a peak 0.9 miles away.

The story

peak in the Sierra Nevada of California

Wikidata Q124657647, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3234.7 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.88734, -118.73766

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 31
Waterfalls: 22
Springs: 20
Historic sites: 12
  • Blue Canyon Cabin: 6.3 mi
  • Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 7.3 mi
  • Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 10.4 mi
  • Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 13.1 mi
  • Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 13.6 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
  • Helms Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
  • Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
  • Columbine Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
Cliffs: 7
Parks: 3
Beaches: 2
Museums: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Tenderfoot Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
State PeakENE 74°3,840 m11.0 mi
Finger PeakN 2°3,779.7 m9.9 mi
Dougherty PeakENE 77°3,733 m10.8 mi
Mount WoodworthNE 35°3,724 m11.7 mi
Goat MountainE 98°3,719 m9.1 mi
Munger PeakE 96°3,680.3 m8.8 mi
Black CrownNNE 16°3,649.6 m9.6 mi
Tunemah PeakNNE 20°3,626.5 m7.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:3719:4020:18
September equinox06:4418:1918:53
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

OpenStreetMap element node/11531444491

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