Peak · California
Yucca Point
Yucca Point rises to 1,575 m in California. Kennedy Mountain stands 3,474 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Sandy Cove Beach, a beach 3.3 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,575 m
How to reach it
Coordinates36.83041, -118.87499
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Converse Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Wren Peak: 4.6 mi
- Lava Butte: 4.9 mi
- Obelisk: 5.5 mi
- Spanish Mountain: 5.5 mi
Springs: 32
- Wiesman Spring: 9.0 mi
- Lousy Spring: 10.4 mi
- Trough Spring: 11.1 mi
- Fox Spring: 12.1 mi
- Big Springs: 12.4 mi
Attractions: 31
- Chicago Stump: 6.4 mi
- Gamlin Cabin: 7.8 mi
- General Grant Tree: 7.8 mi
- Centennial Stump: 7.8 mi
- Mark Twain Stump: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 18
- Garlic Falls: 4.8 mi
- Grizzly Falls: 7.5 mi
- Silver Spray Falls: 7.5 mi
- Viola Falls: 8.8 mi
- Ella Falls: 8.9 mi
Picnic sites: 11
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
- Columbine Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
Historic sites: 10
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 12.1 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 12.4 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 13.9 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 15.4 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 19.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Windy Cliffs: 3.5 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 13.1 mi
- Patterson Bluffs: 13.2 mi
- Great Cliffs: 19.9 mi
- Muro Blanco: 20.3 mi
Parks: 4
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 9.8 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 12.9 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 17.7 mi
- Trimmer Recreation Area: 23.5 mi
Beaches: 2
- Sandy Cove Beach: 3.3 mi
- Jumping Rock: 3.4 mi
Museums: 1
- Giant Forest Museum: 19.2 mi
Artworks: 1
- Bookie Bear: 21.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Yucca Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy Mountain | ENE 74° | 3,474 m | 11.9 mi |
| Hogback Peak | ENE 71° | 3,376 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Harrington | ENE 71° | 3,360 m | 8.3 mi |
| Slide Peak | ENE 64° | 3,327 m | 11.2 mi |
| Castle Peak | N 4° | 3,249 m | 10.9 mi |
| Tenderfoot Peak | ENE 63° | 3,235 m | 8.6 mi |
| Burnt Mountain | NE 39° | 3,233 m | 12.7 mi |
| Mitchell Peak | SE 127° | 3,164 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:40 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:03 | 16:43 |
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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 276392 — Yucca Point, Fresno County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358802724
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