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Nobe Young Falls

Nobe Young Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Nobe Young Falls is a waterfall in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,887 m. Sirretta Peak stands 3,041 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Sentinel Peak, a peak 1.8 miles away.

The story

waterfall in the Sierra Nevada of California

Wikidata Q119576585, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.01896, -118.55865

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 45
Parks: 9
Waterfalls: 7
Attractions: 7
  • Cabin 236: 3.2 mi
  • Cabin 242: 3.2 mi
  • Cabin 234: 3.3 mi
  • Cabin 240: 3.3 mi
  • R-Ranch Adult Building: 3.3 mi
Historic sites: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Sunset Point Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
  • Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 19.0 mi
Museums: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Nobe Young Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sirretta PeakESE 117°3,041 m14.2 mi
Sherman PeakE 94°3,020 m9.4 mi
Lookout MountainENE 75°2,963 m10.6 mi
Cannell PeakSE 134°2,887.1 m15.3 mi
Schaeffer MountainENE 68°2,843 m9.8 mi
Slate MountainNNW 348°2,829 m4.6 mi
Jordan PeakN 349°2,774 m11.4 mi
Cherry HillESE 122°2,687 m12.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:06
June solstice05:3919:3720:15
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
December solstice07:0216:0516:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464852566473818074645246
Precip in2.32.41.70.70.40.10.10.10.20.61.41.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kern River PH 3, 18 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs21.625.936.638.933.617.77.94.73.74.48.011.7

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge SF Tule R NR Cholollo Campground NR Porterville CA, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/886863833

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