Chagoopa Falls
Chagoopa Falls is a waterfall in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,408 m. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Kern Hot Spring, a hot spring 0.8 miles away.
The story
Waterfall in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q120196814, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 366 m
- Elevation
- 2,134 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Anna Mills: 3.6 mi
- Mount Guyot: 4.0 mi
- Mount Kaweah: 5.3 mi
- Johnson Peak: 5.7 mi
- Second Kaweah: 6.2 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 18.4 mi
- How the West Was Won (movie site): 18.6 mi
- Gunga Din (movie site): 18.7 mi
- Tremors (movie site): 18.7 mi
- Lone Ranger Canyon (movie site): 18.9 mi
- Soda Spring: 8.6 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 9.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 11.0 mi
- River Spring: 16.8 mi
- Trout Meadows Spring: 17.4 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 7.4 mi
- Empire Mill Ruins: 10.1 mi
- Crabtree Cabin: 10.4 mi
- Alles Cabin: 14.4 mi
- Walkers Cabin: 14.6 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 7.4 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 7.5 mi
- Volcano Falls: 8.1 mi
- Upper Cliff Creek Falls: 9.9 mi
- Lower Cliff Creek Falls: 10.0 mi
- Natural Arch: 7.9 mi
- Natural Bridge: 7.9 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 17.1 mi
- Palette Arch: 18.4 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 18.5 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 22.6 mi
- Kado's Garden: 22.8 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 22.8 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 22.9 mi
- Japanese Garden: 22.9 mi
- Window Cliffs: 5.7 mi
- Valhalla: 11.9 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 12.1 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 18.4 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 18.5 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 20.1 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
- Sunset Point Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 20.9 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 21.6 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 21.6 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 23.2 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 21.0 mi
- Spainhower Park: 21.7 mi
- Merritt Park: 22.9 mi
- Miss Alabama: 19.7 mi
- Paiute Mural: 22.9 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 0.8 mi
- Kearsarge: 24.1 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Chagoopa Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | NE 42° | 4,420 m | 10.2 mi |
| Keeler Needle | NE 43° | 4,361 m | 10.0 mi |
| Crooks Peak | NE 43° | 4,342 m | 10.0 mi |
| Lewis Peak | NE 44° | 4,307 m | 10.0 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | NE 44° | 4,289 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Muir | NE 46° | 4,275 m | 9.5 mi |
| Aiguille du Paquoir | NE 44° | 4,270 m | 9.8 mi |
| Mount LeConte | ENE 61° | 4,246 m | 10.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:37 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:02 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 60 | 55 | 45 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lodgepole, 20 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/888301283
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