Garlic Falls
Garlic Falls is a waterfall in California, at a recorded elevation of 578 m. Hogback Peak stands 3,376 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Converse Mountain, a peak 2.9 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 578 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Converse Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Spanish Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Yucca Point: 4.8 mi
- Obelisk: 6.3 mi
- Sugarpine Hill: 6.6 mi
- Wiesman Spring: 4.2 mi
- Lousy Spring: 5.7 mi
- Trough Spring: 9.2 mi
- Fox Spring: 9.5 mi
- Clover Meadow Spring: 9.9 mi
- Chicago Stump: 5.0 mi
- Gamlin Cabin: 7.8 mi
- Centennial Stump: 7.9 mi
- General Grant Tree: 7.9 mi
- Mark Twain Stump: 10.0 mi
- Rancheria Creek Falls: 6.2 mi
- Ella Falls: 9.0 mi
- Viola Falls: 9.1 mi
- Silver Spray Falls: 9.8 mi
- Grizzly Falls: 12.2 mi
- Columbine Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Mc Kinley Botanical Area: 14.1 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 13.8 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 16.8 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 18.6 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 19.2 mi
- Old Ranger Station: 22.7 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 8.2 mi
- Patterson Bluffs: 8.4 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 16.1 mi
- Grand Bluff: 20.9 mi
- Great Cliffs: 22.2 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 8.5 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 12.2 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 14.9 mi
- Trimmer Recreation Area: 19.0 mi
- Winton Park: 24.1 mi
- Jumping Rock: 5.5 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 5.8 mi
- Bookie Bear: 18.6 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Garlic Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogback Peak | E 85° | 3,376 m | 13.3 mi |
| Mount Harrington | E 87° | 3,360 m | 12.1 mi |
| Castle Peak | NNE 29° | 3,249 m | 10.0 mi |
| Scepter | NNE 26° | 3,238 m | 13.7 mi |
| Tenderfoot Peak | E 81° | 3,235 m | 12.0 mi |
| Spanish Mountain | NE 45° | 3,064 m | 4.7 mi |
| Loper Peak | NNE 12° | 3,062 m | 12.5 mi |
| The Python | E 82° | 3,025 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:40 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 66 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Balch PWR House, 8 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 34.5 | 51.1 | 72.4 | 127 | 309 | 473 | 149 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 10.8 | 13.7 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge NF Kings R BL Balch Div Dam CA, 6 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/907973287
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