Mist Falls
Mist Falls is a waterfall in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,756 m. Mount Brewer stands 4,136 m to the south-southeast, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away.
The story
waterfall in Kings Canyon National Park
Wikidata Q123351479, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Peak: 0.8 mi
- Glacier Monument: 2.6 mi
- Grand Sentinel: 2.9 mi
- The Sphinx: 2.9 mi
- Mount Hutchings: 3.2 mi
- Lower Stony Creek: 18.8 mi
- General Sherman Tree: 19.6 mi
- Chief Sequoyah: 20.0 mi
- Congress Group: 20.1 mi
- McKinley Tree: 20.1 mi
- Roaring River Falls: 4.6 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 5.0 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 5.1 mi
- Grizzly Falls: 10.8 mi
- Triple Falls: 11.8 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 2.5 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 2.8 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 3.8 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 6.2 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 7.6 mi
- Tub Springs: 13.8 mi
- McGann Springs: 14.4 mi
- Scotty Spring: 15.1 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 15.2 mi
- Boron Springs: 15.5 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 22.3 mi
- Japanese Garden: 22.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 22.4 mi
- Arai Pond: 22.5 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 22.5 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
- Muro Blanco: 6.8 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 10.8 mi
- Windy Cliff: 13.2 mi
- Great Cliffs: 14.2 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 14.9 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 19.1 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 19.2 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 21.2 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 23.0 mi
- Dehy Park: 19.2 mi
- Independence Park: 19.5 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 21.2 mi
- Merritt Park: 22.4 mi
- Kearsarge: 12.4 mi
- Bend City: 23.1 mi
- San Carlos: 23.4 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 17.7 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 19.4 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 19.6 mi
- Jumping Rock: 19.9 mi
- Paiute Mural: 22.5 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Mist Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Brewer | SSE 154° | 4,136 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mount Jordan | SSE 149° | 4,058.8 m | 10.6 mi |
| North Guard | SSE 154° | 4,058 m | 7.5 mi |
| Black Mountain | E 92° | 4,045 m | 9.5 mi |
| Deerhorn Mountain | SE 132° | 4,043 m | 10.3 mi |
| South Guard | SSE 157° | 4,021 m | 9.0 mi |
| Acrodectes Peak | ENE 71° | 4,005 m | 10.2 mi |
| Diamond Peak | E 84° | 4,004 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:39 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 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, 18 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/909890764
Day trips start here
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