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Tunemah Peak

Tunemah Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Tunemah Peak rises to 3,627 m in California. Mount Goddard stands 4,126 m to the north-northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Crown, a peak 1.8 miles away.

The story

Tunemah Peak is a mountain in Fresno County, California, located in the southwestern United States, with an elevation of 11,158 feet. The mountain gets its name from the nearby Tunemah Trail, which originated in 1878 when a Cantonese cook and a shepherd uttered the Cantonese curse "屌你阿媽" (Jyutping: diu2 nei5 aa3 maa1; Cantonese Yale: díu néih a mā; lit. 'fuck your mother') while walking along the rugged trail.

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Wikidata Q49085181, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3626.5 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.99535, -118.68833

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 16
Historic sites: 10
  • Blue Canyon Cabin: 3.5 mi
  • Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 8.5 mi
  • Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 15.7 mi
  • Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 16.4 mi
  • Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 17.3 mi
Springs: 10
Picnic sites: 9
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
  • South Lake Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
  • La Hupp Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
  • Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
  • Helms Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
Attractions: 8
Cliffs: 6
Parks: 5
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Tunemah Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount GoddardNNW 347°4,126 m7.7 mi
Mount FiskeN 7°4,116 m9.8 mi
Black GiantNNE 16°4,063 m7.7 mi
Mount McDuffieNNE 24°4,047 m5.9 mi
Clyde Spires WestNNE 11°4,038 m10.2 mi
Crumbly SpireN 11°4,038 m10.2 mi
Clyde Spires EastNNE 12°4,035 m10.2 mi
Mount WarlowN 5°4,025 m9.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:3619:4020:18
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
December solstice07:0516:0216:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464853586573818176665345
Precip in5.64.95.12.61.40.40.20.00.21.42.14.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Balch PWR House, 23 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358777522

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