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Thunder Mountain

Thunder Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Thunder Mountain rises to 4,122 m in California. Mount Tyndall stands 4,275 m to the east, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Table Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away.

The story

Thunder Mountain is located in the northern part of the Great Western Divide, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada in California. The summit marks a point on the boundary between Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks and is 0.6 miles (1 km) north of Table Mountain and south 2.8 miles (4.5 km) Mount Brewer. Thunder pass, on the mountains east side, has an elevation of 12,720+ feet (3 877+ m). This pass marks the western end of the Kings-Kern Divide. The mountain was named by George R. Davis, a topographer with the United States Geological Survey. He made the first ascent, in August 1905, to establish a benchmark on the summit. The name appears on the Mt. Whitney, USGS 30 minute topographic map of 1905, and was officially recognized by the Board on Geographic Names in 1928.

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Wikidata Q7798997, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
4122 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.66900, -118.47577

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 37
Historic sites: 21
Waterfalls: 21
Springs: 20
Cliffs: 13
Gardens: 11
  • Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 17.9 mi
  • Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 18.0 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 18.0 mi
  • Rose Garden: 18.1 mi
  • Kado's Garden: 18.1 mi
Natural arches: 10
  • Whitney Portal Arch: 18.3 mi
  • Lathe Arch: 19.8 mi
  • Mobius Arch: 19.8 mi
  • Heart Arch: 19.9 mi
  • Palette Arch: 20.8 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
  • Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 19.4 mi
Museums: 6
Parks: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Paiute Mural: 18.1 mi
  • Miss Alabama: 21.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Thunder Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TyndallE 97°4,275 m7.7 mi
Mount BarnardESE 108°4,266 m9.0 mi
Mount StanfordENE 61°4,260.2 m5.0 mi
Gregory's MonumentENE 63°4,254.4 m5.0 mi
Mount KeithENE 74°4,249 m7.6 mi
Trojan PeakESE 102°4,245 m9.1 mi
Junction PeakENE 76°4,224 m6.3 mi
Caltech PeakENE 74°4,216.5 m4.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:06
June solstice05:3619:3820:17
September equinox06:4318:1818:52
December solstice07:0316:0216:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283034384654616055453527
Precip in8.77.96.43.22.00.70.60.10.72.33.66.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lodgepole, 15 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 255142 — Thunder Mountain, Tulare County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358796284

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