Tower Rock
Tower Rock rises to 2,590 m in California. Mount Kaweah stands 4,205 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Soda Spring, a spring 0.7 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Tulare County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49084484, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,590 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Overlook Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Coyote Peaks: 3.3 mi
- Three Rocks: 3.9 mi
- Groundhog Cone: 4.6 mi
- Little Whitney Cone: 4.7 mi
- Soda Spring: 0.7 mi
- Trout Meadows Spring: 8.5 mi
- River Spring: 8.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 10.8 mi
- Jug Spring: 10.9 mi
- Volcano Falls: 1.0 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 9.1 mi
- Tufa Falls: 13.3 mi
- Upper Cliff Creek Falls: 14.9 mi
- Lower Cliff Creek Falls: 15.0 mi
- Lemon Inn: 20.7 mi
- Dirty Socks: 21.8 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 23.6 mi
- Lone Ranger Canyon (movie site): 23.9 mi
- How the West Was Won (movie site): 23.9 mi
- Natural Arch: 1.8 mi
- Natural Bridge: 1.8 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 22.6 mi
- Palette Arch: 23.0 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 23.1 mi
- Window Cliffs: 3.9 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 18.9 mi
- Valhalla: 19.2 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 23.0 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 23.1 mi
- Walkers Cabin: 9.0 mi
- Crabtree Cabin: 12.3 mi
- Empire Mill Ruins: 13.8 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 14.6 mi
- The Needles Peak Fire Lookout: 16.6 mi
- Sunset Point Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 24.3 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 9.6 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 24.9 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 21.1 mi
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 24.2 mi
- Miss Alabama: 24.3 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Tower Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kaweah | NNW 341° | 4,205 m | 13.7 mi |
| Second Kaweah | NNW 338° | 4,166 m | 14.4 mi |
| Squaretop | NNW 338° | 4,122 m | 14.7 mi |
| Mount Pickering | NNE 24° | 4,105 m | 14.3 mi |
| Mount Newcomb | NNE 23° | 4,090 m | 15.0 mi |
| Bilko Pinnacle | NNW 338° | 4,087 m | 14.6 mi |
| Joe Devel Peak | NNE 25° | 4,063 m | 13.4 mi |
| Mount Chamberlin | NNE 20° | 4,011 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| 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: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 54 | 57 | 66 | 76 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ASH MTN, 26 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358802327
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