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Windy Peak

Windy Peak, seen from above at true elevation

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
2688 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.97249, -118.61118

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 17
Waterfalls: 14
Historic sites: 14
  • 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
Picnic sites: 7
  • 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
Cliffs: 5
Parks: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Rock Monster: 9.7 mi
  • John Muir Rock: 20.6 mi
  • Chicago Stump: 23.9 mi
  • Lower Stony Creek: 24.6 mi
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North PalisadeNNE 32°4,343 m10.0 mi
Starlight PeakNNE 32°4,323.7 m10.0 mi
Polemonium PeakNNE 33°4,298.2 m10.0 mi
Thunderbolt PeakNNE 31°4,268 m10.1 mi
Barrett PeakNE 35°4,258 m10.0 mi
Palisade CrestNE 42°4,131 m10.1 mi
Black GiantNNW 347°4,063 m9.2 mi
Mount McDuffieNNW 345°4,047 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3219:07
June solstice05:3619:3920:18
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
December solstice07:0516:0116:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363638414958666560514235
Precip in8.07.37.83.61.40.50.30.20.32.43.36.6

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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