Panther Creek Falls
Panther Creek Falls is a waterfall in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,142 m. Black Kaweah stands 4,140 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Tharp's Log, a attraction 1.9 miles away.
What the record says
- Height
- 47 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Bobcat Point: 2.0 mi
- The Fin: 2.0 mi
- Castle Rock Spire: 2.1 mi
- Moro Rock: 2.5 mi
- Panther Peak: 3.0 mi
- Tharp's Log: 1.9 mi
- Cleveland Tree: 2.0 mi
- Chimney Tree: 2.1 mi
- The Dead Giant: 2.2 mi
- Squatters Cabin: 2.4 mi
- Big Fern Springs: 3.0 mi
- Wall Spring: 3.1 mi
- Granite Spring: 3.2 mi
- Slide Spring: 3.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 8.6 mi
- Lower Buck Creek Falls: 3.2 mi
- Marble Falls: 4.1 mi
- Tokopah Falls: 5.2 mi
- Upper Buck Creek Falls: 6.0 mi
- Lower Cliff Creek Falls: 7.9 mi
- Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 2.5 mi
- Old Ranger Station: 5.2 mi
- Alles Cabin: 5.7 mi
- Empire Mill Ruins: 8.8 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 10.4 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 3.2 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 14.3 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 14.4 mi
- Slick Rock Recreation Area: 14.9 mi
- Horse Creek Recreation Area: 16.6 mi
- Lake Kaweah Recreation Area: 16.9 mi
- Valhalla: 7.7 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 19.4 mi
- Window Cliffs: 21.7 mi
- Homer Ranch Preserve: 17.6 mi
- Dry Creek Preserve: 18.7 mi
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 23.1 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 3.4 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 11.8 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 19.9 mi
- Jumping Rock: 20.2 mi
- Natural Arch: 22.8 mi
- Natural Bridge: 22.9 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 17.9 mi
- Bravo Lake Botanical Garden: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Panther Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Kaweah | E 88° | 4,140 m | 11.3 mi |
| Triple Divide Peak | ENE 71° | 3,839 m | 11.1 mi |
| Lion Rock | ENE 73° | 3,767 m | 10.3 mi |
| Glacier Ridge | ENE 59° | 3,767 m | 10.4 mi |
| Copper Mine Peak | ENE 66° | 3,763 m | 10.1 mi |
| Sawtooth Peak | ESE 122° | 3,759 m | 10.8 mi |
| Lippincott Mountain | E 98° | 3,731 m | 8.8 mi |
| Mount Eisen | ESE 109° | 3,714 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:39 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
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, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 6.1 | 9.7 | 12.8 | 42.4 | 91.5 | 91.0 | 42.9 | 8.1 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 5.0 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Marble Fork Kaweah R AB Horse C NR Lodgepole CA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10195636627
Day trips start here
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