Three Rocks
Three Rocks rises to 3,243 m in California. Mount Langley stands 4,277 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Overlook Mountain, a peak 2.6 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49083434, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,243 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Overlook Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Kern Peak: 2.6 mi
- Groundhog Cone: 3.3 mi
- Tower Rock: 3.9 mi
- Red Hill: 4.1 mi
- Soda Spring: 4.6 mi
- River Spring: 5.2 mi
- Iron Spring: 7.6 mi
- Trout Meadows Spring: 8.2 mi
- Olivas Spring: 9.3 mi
- Volcano Falls: 4.3 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 11.7 mi
- Tufa Falls: 17.2 mi
- Upper Cliff Creek Falls: 18.7 mi
- Lower Cliff Creek Falls: 18.7 mi
- Lemon Inn: 17.1 mi
- Dirty Socks: 18.4 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 23.0 mi
- Lone Ranger Canyon (movie site): 23.3 mi
- Django Unchained (movie site): 23.3 mi
- Natural Bridge: 3.9 mi
- Natural Arch: 4.0 mi
- Palette Arch: 22.3 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 22.3 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 22.4 mi
- Walkers Cabin: 11.8 mi
- Crabtree Cabin: 16.3 mi
- The Needles Peak Fire Lookout: 16.4 mi
- Walt's Point: 16.4 mi
- Empire Mill Ruins: 17.7 mi
- Window Cliffs: 6.0 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 19.4 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 22.3 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 22.3 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 22.3 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Sunset Point Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 12.1 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 21.5 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 17.6 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 23.2 mi
- Miss Alabama: 23.6 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Three Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Langley | NNE 20° | 4,277 m | 15.4 mi |
| Mount Pickering | N 9° | 4,105 m | 15.0 mi |
| Mount Newcomb | N 8° | 4,090 m | 15.8 mi |
| Joe Devel Peak | N 9° | 4,063 m | 14.1 mi |
| Mount Chamberlin | N 5° | 4,011 m | 15.3 mi |
| Cirque Peak | NNE 26° | 3,930 m | 12.5 mi |
| Woollyback | NNE 27° | 3,913 m | 15.4 mi |
| The Miter | NNE 14° | 3,892 m | 15.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:37 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:03 | 16:43 |
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 | 39 | 42 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Haiwee, 25 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358794999
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