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Twin Sisters

Twin Sisters, seen from above at true elevation

Twin Sisters rises to 835 m in California. Fresno Dome stands 2,298 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 28 miles off.

The story

mountain in Madera County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49086313, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
835 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.33578, -119.77266

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 23
Springs: 14
  • Specimen Springs: 5.6 mi
  • Rogers Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Cold Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Daulton Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Big Spring: 11.8 mi
Waterfalls: 11
Museums: 10
Picnic sites: 10
Attractions: 8
Nature reserves: 5
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Oakhurst Mural: 6.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Twin Sisters. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fresno DomeENE 58°2,298 m15.4 mi
Speckerman MountainNE 52°2,181 m13.4 mi
Greys MountainENE 71°2,158 m14.5 mi
Devil PeakN 7°2,114 m13.5 mi
Chowchilla MountainN 4°2,105 m15.5 mi
Hogan MountainNNE 29°2,007 m11.9 mi
Crow PeakN 9°1,953 m12.1 mi
Graham MountainE 84°1,857 m14.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3719:11
June solstice05:4019:4520:24
September equinox06:4818:2318:58
December solstice07:1016:0516:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363639435059656560514235
Precip in7.66.75.23.41.90.50.20.10.52.23.35.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SO Entrance Yosemite NP, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 236717 — Twin Sisters, Madera County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358777626

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