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Three Peaks

Three Peaks, seen from above at true elevation

Three Peaks rises to 784 m in California. Castle Mountain stands 1,312 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Johnson Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49083399, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
784 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.80302, -120.16848

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 17
Parks: 3
  • Floyd Rice Park: 14.4 mi
  • Crawford W Clarke Memorial Park: 15.6 mi
  • Almond Tree Oasis RV Park: 23.0 mi
Historic sites: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Shandon Rest Area: 13.3 mi
  • Coalinga Avenal Safety Roadside Rest Area - Northbound: 20.0 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Bravo Farms Kettleman City: 17.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Three Peaks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castle MountainNW 314°1,312 m13.4 mi
Orchard PeakSSE 157°953 m4.9 mi
Zwang PeakNNW 336°939 m10.9 mi
Picacho RockNW 326°850 m13.1 mi
Garza PeakN 349°800 m9.1 mi
Johnson PeakESE 106°784 m0.8 mi
RoundtopN 351°775 m9.5 mi
Tar PeakN 356°739 m9.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3919:13
June solstice05:4619:4320:21
September equinox06:4918:2518:59
December solstice07:0816:1216:51

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465256627077838276665447
Precip in1.41.51.50.60.40.00.10.00.10.20.61.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kettleman City, 18 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358808817

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