Alder Creek Slides
Alder Creek Slides is a waterfall in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,503 m. Angora Mountain stands 3,108 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Sentinel Peak, a peak 1.6 miles away.
Natural waterslide on Alder and Dry Meadow Creeks
The story
Natural watercourse in Tulare County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5322950.
Wikidata Q49837105, matched on coordinates and name (77 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- No
- Step-free access
- No
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sentinel Peak: 1.6 mi
- Dome Rock: 2.2 mi
- Elephant Knob: 2.7 mi
- Capitol Rock: 3.9 mi
- Slate Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Needle Spring: 5.8 mi
- Thompson Camp Spring: 6.1 mi
- Sam Spring: 6.4 mi
- Soda Spring: 7.2 mi
- Camp Nelson soda spring: 8.7 mi
- Springville Veterans Memorial Park: 18.0 mi
- Kernville Park Recreation Area: 19.8 mi
- Circle Park: 20.2 mi
- Riverside Park: 20.3 mi
- Greenhorn Mountain County Park: 20.9 mi
- Peppermint Creek Falls: 2.5 mi
- Nobe Young Falls: 2.6 mi
- Seven Teacups: 3.6 mi
- South Creek Falls: 4.7 mi
- Cholollo Falls: 7.3 mi
- Cabin 242: 4.5 mi
- Cabin 236: 4.5 mi
- Cabin 240: 4.5 mi
- Cabin 234: 4.5 mi
- R-Ranch Adult Building: 4.5 mi
- The Needles Peak Fire Lookout: 5.3 mi
- Walkers Cabin: 17.2 mi
- Treaty of 1851: 20.7 mi
- Sunset Point Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Natural Bridge: 23.6 mi
- Natural Arch: 23.6 mi
- Parker Bluffs: 4.7 mi
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 19.9 mi
- Kern Valley Museum: 20.1 mi
- Fountain Springs: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Alder Creek Slides. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angora Mountain | NNE 14° | 3,108 m | 16.2 mi |
| Sirretta Peak | SE 127° | 3,041 m | 12.9 mi |
| Sherman Peak | ESE 105° | 3,020 m | 7.3 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | E 80° | 2,963 m | 8.1 mi |
| Blackrock Mountain | NE 54° | 2,935 m | 16.6 mi |
| Cannell Peak | SE 144° | 2,887 m | 14.8 mi |
| Bald Mountain | E 95° | 2,863 m | 14.8 mi |
| Schaeffer Mountain | ENE 71° | 2,843 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:37 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:04 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 81 | 80 | 74 | 64 | 52 | 46 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kern River PH 3, 18 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 190 | 176 | 354 | 684 | 1,548 | 1,602 | 731 | 220 | 116 | 88.6 | 83.3 | 127 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Kern R NR Kernville (river Only) CA, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/888076984
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