Triple Divide Peak
Triple Divide Peak rises to 3,839 m in California. Caltech Peak stands 4,217 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Lion Rock, a peak 1.0 miles away.
The story
Triple Divide Peak is a mountain along the Great Western Divide in the Sierra Nevada range on the boundary between Kings Canyon and Sequoia national parks, in Tulare County, California. It rises to 12,640 feet (3,853 m). Near Kaweah Gap, the peak divides three important watersheds: the Kern River, the Kaweah River, and the Kings River. This three-way divide leads to the peak's name. At one time, it was also called The Keystone. The Kaweah Peaks Ridge spurs off to the south, while the Kings-Kaweah Divide branches off to the west.
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Wikidata Q8526881, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,839 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Lion Rock: 1.0 mi
- Copper Mine Peak: 1.3 mi
- Mount Stewart: 2.1 mi
- Glacier Ridge: 2.3 mi
- Lawson Peak: 2.4 mi
- Tharp's Log: 12.0 mi
- Chief Sequoyah: 12.2 mi
- Chimney Tree: 12.2 mi
- Cleveland Tree: 12.2 mi
- General Sherman Tree: 12.3 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 1.9 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 4.7 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 4.9 mi
- Upper Buck Creek Falls: 5.3 mi
- Lower Buck Creek Falls: 8.0 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 5.0 mi
- Empire Mill Ruins: 10.0 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 11.3 mi
- Alles Cabin: 11.8 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 11.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 10.8 mi
- Soda Spring: 11.5 mi
- Wall Spring: 13.7 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 13.9 mi
- Big Fern Springs: 14.0 mi
- Valhalla: 3.5 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 15.5 mi
- Window Cliffs: 16.3 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 21.8 mi
- Muro Blanco: 21.9 mi
- Natural Arch: 18.3 mi
- Natural Bridge: 18.3 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 20.8 mi
- Lathe Arch: 22.5 mi
- Mobius Arch: 22.5 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 22.5 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 22.6 mi
- Japanese Garden: 22.7 mi
- Kado's Garden: 22.7 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 22.8 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 14.3 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 13.6 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 22.8 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 23.2 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 23.2 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 23.2 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 21.5 mi
- Merritt Park: 22.7 mi
- Independence Park: 23.3 mi
- Dehy Park: 23.4 mi
- Paiute Mural: 22.7 mi
- Miss Alabama: 24.0 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 24.6 mi
- Jumping Rock: 24.9 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 10.5 mi
- Kearsarge: 18.8 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Triple Divide Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caltech Peak | NE 49° | 4,217 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mount Kaweah | SSE 148° | 4,205 m | 5.4 mi |
| Red Kaweah | SSE 159° | 4,185 m | 3.9 mi |
| Michael's Pinnacle | SSE 159° | 4,170 m | 4.0 mi |
| Second Kaweah | SSE 153° | 4,166 m | 4.6 mi |
| Table Mountain | NE 34° | 4,151 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Ericsson | NE 42° | 4,151 m | 9.7 mi |
| Milestone Mountain | NE 42° | 4,149 m | 3.9 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 | 19:38 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:03 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 60 | 55 | 45 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lodgepole, 11 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358796294
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