Window Peak
Window Peak rises to 3,690 m in California. Split Mountain stands 4,269 m to the north-northeast, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Pyramid Peak, a peak 1.2 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49090440, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,690 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pyramid Peak: 1.2 mi
- Crater Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Mount Ickes: 3.2 mi
- Arrow Peak: 3.2 mi
- Mount Clarence King: 3.9 mi
- Scotty Spring: 8.1 mi
- McGann Springs: 9.5 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 9.5 mi
- Harry Birch Springs: 9.5 mi
- Tub Springs: 10.7 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 1.8 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 5.0 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 8.1 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 8.6 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 9.3 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 4.9 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 4.9 mi
- Mist Falls: 7.3 mi
- Triple Falls: 8.5 mi
- Roaring River Falls: 11.7 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 19.9 mi
- Japanese Garden: 20.0 mi
- Arai Pond: 20.0 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 20.2 mi
- Kado's Garden: 20.2 mi
- Muro Blanco: 3.7 mi
- Windy Cliff: 9.9 mi
- Great Cliffs: 11.6 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 12.4 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 20.6 mi
- Dehy Park: 15.3 mi
- Independence Park: 15.8 mi
- Merritt Park: 20.0 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 21.4 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 21.7 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
- Kearsarge: 9.2 mi
- Bend City: 18.8 mi
- San Carlos: 19.3 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 15.4 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 15.5 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 20.5 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 12.8 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 13.2 mi
- Rock Monster: 17.7 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 24.9 mi
- Paiute Mural: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Window Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Split Mountain | NNE 13° | 4,269 m | 9.3 mi |
| Mount Bolton Brown | N 5° | 4,124 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mount Pinchot | NE 37° | 4,114 m | 4.9 mi |
| Mount Prater | N 8° | 4,107 m | 10.2 mi |
| Cardinal Mountain | NNE 19° | 4,076 m | 8.0 mi |
| Black Mountain | SE 141° | 4,045 m | 7.2 mi |
| Striped Mountain | NNE 30° | 4,022 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mount Wynne | NE 43° | 4,018 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:39 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 85 | 83 | 76 | 64 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 16 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358800662
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