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Yucca Point

Yucca Point, seen from above at true elevation

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
1575 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.83041, -118.87499

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 33
Attractions: 31
Waterfalls: 18
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
Parks: 4
Beaches: 2
Museums: 1
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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kennedy MountainENE 74°3,474 m11.9 mi
Hogback PeakENE 71°3,376 m9.6 mi
Mount HarringtonENE 71°3,360 m8.3 mi
Slide PeakENE 64°3,327 m11.2 mi
Castle PeakN 4°3,249 m10.9 mi
Tenderfoot PeakENE 63°3,234.7 m8.6 mi
Burnt MountainNE 39°3,233 m12.7 mi
Mitchell PeakSE 127°3,164 m11.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3319:08
June solstice05:3719:4020:19
September equinox06:4418:2018:54
December solstice07:0516:0316:43

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, 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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