Lower Picket Creek Falls
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
Named places within 25 miles
- Kern Point: 1.4 mi
- Picket Guard Peak: 1.6 mi
- Kaweah Queen: 3.9 mi
- Mount Kaweah: 3.9 mi
- Second Kaweah: 4.0 mi
- Tharp's Log: 16.6 mi
- Cleveland Tree: 16.8 mi
- Chimney Tree: 16.9 mi
- Chief Sequoyah: 17.0 mi
- Congress Group: 17.0 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 6.3 mi
- Empire Mill Ruins: 11.7 mi
- Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 12.5 mi
- Crabtree Cabin: 13.4 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 13.7 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 9.0 mi
- Soda Spring: 12.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 12.7 mi
- Tub Springs: 17.4 mi
- Boron Springs: 17.5 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 0.4 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 6.6 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 7.5 mi
- Upper Buck Creek Falls: 10.1 mi
- Lower Cliff Creek Falls: 10.3 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 19.1 mi
- 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
- Giant Forest Museum: 18.2 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 19.5 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 20.5 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 20.6 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 21.2 mi
- Merritt Park: 19.1 mi
- Independence Park: 20.5 mi
- Dehy Park: 20.8 mi
- Spainhower Park: 21.1 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 21.6 mi
- Kearsarge: 17.5 mi
- San Carlos: 23.7 mi
- Bend City: 24.2 mi
- Paiute Mural: 19.1 mi
- Miss Alabama: 19.2 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 7.1 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | E 89° | 4,420 m | 8.4 mi |
| Keeler Needle | E 90° | 4,361 m | 8.5 mi |
| Crooks Peak | E 91° | 4,342 m | 8.5 mi |
| Mount Russell | E 83° | 4,296 m | 8.6 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | E 92° | 4,289 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mount Tyndall | NE 47° | 4,275 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mount Muir | E 95° | 4,275 m | 8.5 mi |
| Aiguille du Paquoir | E 92° | 4,270 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:38 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:02 | 16:42 |
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, 16 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/887471520
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