Skip to content

Peppermint Creek Falls

Peppermint Creek Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Peppermint Creek Falls is a waterfall in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,553 m. Angora Mountain stands 3,108 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Alder Creek Slides, a waterfall 2.5 miles away.

What the record says

Height
45.7 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.06083, -118.48424

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Dome Rock: 2.6 mi
  • Demon Dome: 2.8 mi
  • Voodoo Dome: 3.1 mi
  • The Necromancer: 3.2 mi
  • The Warlock: 3.2 mi
Springs: 43
Parks: 9
Waterfalls: 7
Attractions: 6
  • Cabin 242: 6.7 mi
  • Cabin 240: 6.7 mi
  • Cabin 236: 6.7 mi
  • R-Ranch Adult Building: 6.7 mi
  • Cabin 234: 6.8 mi
Historic sites: 3
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Sunset Point Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
  • Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Natural Bridge: 21.5 mi
  • Natural Arch: 21.5 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 20.5 mi
Museums: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Peppermint Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Angora MountainN3,108 m14.2 mi
Maggie MountainNNW3,046 m15.9 mi
Sirretta PeakSE3,041 m12.7 mi
Sherman PeakESE3,020 m6.3 mi
Lookout MountainE2,963 m6.1 mi
Blackrock MountainNE2,935 m14.1 mi
Smith MountainENE2,905 m15.2 mi
Cannell PeakSSE2,887 m15.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:06
June solstice05:3819:3720:15
September equinox06:4318:1818:52
December solstice07:0216:0416:44

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, 19 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1901763546841,5481,60273122011688.683.3127

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Kern R NR Kernville (river Only) CA, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/887832573

More waterfalls in California

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Peppermint Creek Falls.

Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens