Vandever Mountain
Vandever Mountain rises to 3,636 m in California. Mount Kaweah stands 4,205 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Falcon Peak, a peak 0.4 miles away.
The story
Vandever Mountain is an 11,947-foot-elevation (3,641-meter) mountain summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Tulare County of northern California. It is situated on the shared boundary of Sequoia National Park with Sequoia National Forest, four miles south of Mineral King, and 1.78 miles (2.86 km) west of Florence Peak, the nearest higher neighbor. Vandever Mountain ranks as the 439th highest summit in California. Topographic relief is significant as the south aspect rises 2,000 feet (610 meters) above White Chief Canyon in one mile. The summit can be reached via class 2 hiking from Farewell Gap or White Chief Canyon.
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Wikidata Q49086914, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3636 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Falcon Peak: 0.4 mi
- White Chief Peak: 1.0 mi
- Tulare Peak: 1.4 mi
- Eagle Crest: 1.5 mi
- Florence Peak: 1.8 mi
- Soda Spring: 2.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 4.0 mi
- Big Spring: 9.9 mi
- Soda Spring: 10.3 mi
- Doyle Springs: 14.1 mi
- Tharp's Log: 14.3 mi
- Cleveland Tree: 14.4 mi
- Chimney Tree: 14.5 mi
- The Dead Giant: 14.5 mi
- Tunnel Log: 14.6 mi
- Tufa Falls: 3.3 mi
- Upper Cliff Creek Falls: 6.1 mi
- Lower Cliff Creek Falls: 6.2 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 10.5 mi
- Volcano Falls: 10.9 mi
- Crabtree Cabin: 1.8 mi
- Empire Mill Ruins: 4.2 mi
- Alles Cabin: 6.9 mi
- Walkers Cabin: 8.1 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 8.8 mi
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
- Sunset Point Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 13.5 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
- Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 19.2 mi
- Slick Rock Recreation Area: 19.8 mi
- Horse Creek Recreation Area: 20.8 mi
- Lake Kaweah Recreation Area: 21.9 mi
- Kaweah Recreation Area: 22.7 mi
- Window Cliffs: 11.5 mi
- Valhalla: 12.0 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 22.4 mi
- Natural Arch: 11.7 mi
- Natural Bridge: 11.8 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 15.7 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 18.1 mi
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 17.8 mi
- Dry Creek Preserve: 24.9 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 11.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Vandever Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kaweah | NNE 33° | 4,205 m | 10.5 mi |
| Red Kaweah | NNE 23° | 4,185 m | 10.6 mi |
| Michael's Pinnacle | NNE 24° | 4,170.4 m | 10.6 mi |
| Second Kaweah | NNE 28° | 4,165.5 m | 10.5 mi |
| Koontz Pinnacle | NNE 22° | 4,145 m | 11.0 mi |
| Black Kaweah | NNE 20° | 4,140 m | 10.8 mi |
| Squaretop | NNE 26° | 4,121.8 m | 10.6 mi |
| Pyramidal Pinnacle | NNE 22° | 4,116 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:38 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 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, 15 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 274316 — Vandever Mountain, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358802393
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