The Citadel
The Citadel rises to 3,575 m in California. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the east-northeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Wheel Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away.
The story
The Citadel is an 11,738-foot-elevation (3,578-meter) mountain summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Fresno County of central California, United States. It is situated in northern Kings Canyon National Park, 20 miles (32 km) west-southwest of the community of Big Pine, and 2.4 miles (3.9 km) south of Langille Peak. Topographic relief is significant as it rises 3,400 feet (1,000 meters) above Le Conte Canyon in approximately one mile. The long approach to this remote peak is made via the John Muir Trail. The Northeast Arête, also known as Edge of Time Arête, is considered one of the classic climbing routes in the Sierra Nevada.
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Wikidata Q49082275, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3575 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Wheel Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Mount McDuffie: 1.9 mi
- Rambaud Peak: 2.0 mi
- Langille Peak: 2.5 mi
- Giraud Peak: 2.7 mi
- Grouse Spring: 10.4 mi
- Cold Springs: 13.0 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 15.1 mi
- Scotty Spring: 18.2 mi
- Fish Springs: 19.5 mi
- Triple Falls: 6.4 mi
- Second Falls: 9.8 mi
- First Falls: 10.1 mi
- Blue Canyon Falls: 12.0 mi
- Upper Evolution Creek Falls: 13.4 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 9.7 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 12.0 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 16.5 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 17.7 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 20.2 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 18.3 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 19.0 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 19.2 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 19.6 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 22.5 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
- Great Cliffs: 3.6 mi
- Windy Cliff: 4.9 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 9.8 mi
- Muro Blanco: 11.8 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 21.1 mi
- Rock Monster: 3.3 mi
- John Muir Rock: 15.8 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 23.1 mi
- American Mule Museum: 24.0 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 22.1 mi
- Kearsarge: 23.7 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 24.0 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of The Citadel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | ENE 69° | 4,343 m | 5.7 mi |
| Starlight Peak | ENE 69° | 4,323.7 m | 5.7 mi |
| Mount Sill | ENE 70° | 4,316 m | 6.3 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | ENE 70° | 4,298.2 m | 5.8 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | ENE 67° | 4,268 m | 5.6 mi |
| Barrett Peak | ENE 73° | 4,258 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mount Agassiz | NE 54° | 4,235 m | 5.5 mi |
| Apex Peak | ENE 69° | 4,204.1 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:40 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 49 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bishop AP, 25 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 268180 — The Citadel, Fresno County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358800333
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