Blue Canyon Falls
Blue Canyon Falls is a waterfall in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,556 m. Mount Hansen stands 3,955 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Tehipite Dome, a peak 1.9 miles away.
The story
Waterfall in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q123321839, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,556 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Tehipite Dome: 1.9 mi
- Fascination Turret: 2.0 mi
- Gendarme Turret: 2.0 mi
- El Corporale Turret: 2.0 mi
- El Commandante Turret: 2.0 mi
- Silver Spray Falls: 2.4 mi
- Grizzly Falls: 8.8 mi
- Triple Falls: 11.3 mi
- Garlic Falls: 12.2 mi
- Roaring River Falls: 12.6 mi
- Rock Monster: 14.5 mi
- Chicago Stump: 16.0 mi
- Gamlin Cabin: 17.6 mi
- General Grant Tree: 17.6 mi
- Centennial Stump: 17.6 mi
- Cold Springs: 13.9 mi
- Wiesman Spring: 14.8 mi
- Lousy Spring: 16.5 mi
- Trough Spring: 20.7 mi
- Big Springs: 21.1 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 16.9 mi
- Columbine Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 3.2 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 8.4 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 13.5 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 15.6 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 16.0 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 4.1 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 9.3 mi
- Great Cliffs: 10.1 mi
- Windy Cliff: 11.4 mi
- Muro Blanco: 12.7 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 15.6 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 16.0 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 18.6 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 13.0 mi
- Jumping Rock: 13.2 mi
- Kearsarge: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Blue Canyon Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hansen | NNE 18° | 3,955 m | 10.3 mi |
| Scylla | NNE 18° | 3,940 m | 10.8 mi |
| Wheel Mountain | NE 40° | 3,883 m | 10.4 mi |
| The Three Sirens | NNE 19° | 3,854 m | 10.9 mi |
| Mount Reinstein | N 4° | 3,842 m | 10.2 mi |
| Finger Peak | N 9° | 3,780 m | 6.9 mi |
| Dougherty Peak | E 94° | 3,733 m | 11.2 mi |
| Mount Woodworth | NE 48° | 3,724 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:40 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:02 | 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, 18 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2389665858
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