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Lower Picket Creek Falls

Lower Picket Creek Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Lower Picket Creek Falls is a waterfall in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,779 m. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the east, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Picket Creek Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away.

What the record says

Width
15 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.57588, -118.44426

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 37
Historic sites: 22
Springs: 20
Waterfalls: 17
Gardens: 11
  • Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 18.8 mi
  • Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 19.0 mi
  • Kado's Garden: 19.0 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 19.0 mi
  • Rose Garden: 19.1 mi
Natural arches: 10
  • Natural Arch: 15.4 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 15.5 mi
  • Whitney Portal Arch: 16.1 mi
  • Lathe Arch: 17.8 mi
  • Mobius Arch: 17.9 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Valhalla: 7.9 mi
  • Ebersbacher Ledges: 10.7 mi
  • Window Cliffs: 13.2 mi
  • Paul's Paradise: 17.8 mi
  • Southern Blonde Rock: 18.2 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
  • Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 18.6 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
Museums: 6
Parks: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Paiute Mural: 19.1 mi
  • Miss Alabama: 19.2 mi
Hot springs: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 21.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Lower Picket Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WhitneyE 89°4,419.6 m8.4 mi
Keeler NeedleE 90°4,361.2 m8.5 mi
Crooks PeakE 91°4,341.7 m8.5 mi
Mount RussellE 83°4,296 m8.6 mi
Aiguille ExtraE 92°4,289 m8.6 mi
Mount TyndallNE 47°4,275 m8.1 mi
Mount MuirE 95°4,274.5 m8.5 mi
Aiguille du PaquoirE 92°4,270 m8.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:06
June solstice05:3619:3820:16
September equinox06:4218:1818:52
December solstice07:0316:0216:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283034384654616055453527
Precip in8.77.96.43.22.00.70.60.10.72.33.66.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lodgepole, 16 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/887471520

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