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Grizzly Falls

Grizzly Falls is a waterfall in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,338 m. Goat Mountain stands 3,719 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Grizzly Falls Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.1 miles away.

The story

waterfall in the Sierra Nevada of California

Wikidata Q123339568, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.80391, -118.74409

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Tower No. ½: 1.8 mi
  • Tower No. 1: 1.8 mi
  • Tower No. 2: 1.8 mi
  • Tower No. 3: 1.9 mi
  • Tower No. 4: 2.0 mi
Attractions: 31
Waterfalls: 21
Springs: 21
Historic sites: 14
  • Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 5.3 mi
  • Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 7.8 mi
  • Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 9.7 mi
  • Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 11.9 mi
  • Blue Canyon Cabin: 12.1 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
  • Columbine Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
Cliffs: 7
Parks: 3
Beaches: 2
Museums: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Grizzly Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goat MountainENE 64°3,719 m10.4 mi
Munger PeakENE 62°3,680.3 m10.3 mi
Kennedy MountainNE 39°3,474 m6.7 mi
Palmer MountainESE 112°3,430 m10.4 mi
Mount SillimanSSE 167°3,397 m11.4 mi
Hogback PeakNNE 20°3,376 m5.3 mi
Mount HarringtonN 7°3,360 m4.6 mi
Slide PeakNNE 23°3,327 m7.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:3719:4020:18
September equinox06:4418:1918:53
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, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/908238427

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