Windy Peak
Windy Peak rises to 2,688 m in California. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the north-northeast, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Cliffs, a cliff 3.0 miles away.
The story
Mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q49090495, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,688 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Woodworth: 3.7 mi
- Tunemah Peak: 4.5 mi
- State Peak: 4.6 mi
- Red Point: 4.6 mi
- Rambaud Peak: 4.7 mi
- Grouse Spring: 14.7 mi
- Scotty Spring: 16.0 mi
- Cold Springs: 16.1 mi
- Harry Birch Springs: 18.4 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 18.9 mi
- Triple Falls: 3.2 mi
- Blue Canyon Falls: 8.2 mi
- Silver Spray Falls: 10.5 mi
- Mist Falls: 11.5 mi
- Roaring River Falls: 13.2 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 5.6 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 7.6 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 11.9 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 12.0 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 14.0 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
- Great Cliffs: 3.0 mi
- Windy Cliff: 3.4 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 4.5 mi
- Muro Blanco: 6.6 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 16.1 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 20.9 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 22.2 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 22.5 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 23.5 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 24.6 mi
- Rock Monster: 9.7 mi
- John Muir Rock: 20.6 mi
- Chicago Stump: 23.9 mi
- Lower Stony Creek: 24.6 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 20.5 mi
- Jumping Rock: 20.7 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 20.6 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 23.1 mi
- Kearsarge: 19.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Windy Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | NNE 32° | 4,343 m | 10.0 mi |
| Starlight Peak | NNE 32° | 4,324 m | 10.0 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | NNE 33° | 4,298 m | 10.0 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | NNE 31° | 4,268 m | 10.1 mi |
| Barrett Peak | NE 35° | 4,258 m | 10.0 mi |
| Palisade Crest | NE 42° | 4,131 m | 10.1 mi |
| Black Giant | NNW 347° | 4,063 m | 9.2 mi |
| Mount McDuffie | NNW 345° | 4,047 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:39 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 36 | 38 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 8.0 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 6.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grant Grove, 25 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 269233 — Windy Peak, Fresno County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358800664
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