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Tamarack Falls

Tamarack Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Tamarack Falls is a waterfall in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,887 m. Mount Kaweah stands 4,205 m to the southeast, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Stewart, a peak 1.0 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Height
16 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.58320, -118.56277
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 37
Historic sites: 19
Waterfalls: 17
  • Upper Buck Creek Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Lower Buck Creek Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Upper Picket Creek Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Lower Picket Creek Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Lower Cliff Creek Falls: 6.8 mi
Springs: 15
Cliffs: 10
Gardens: 10
  • Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 24.4 mi
  • Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 24.5 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 24.6 mi
  • Kado's Garden: 24.6 mi
  • Rose Garden: 24.6 mi
Natural arches: 8
  • Natural Arch: 18.6 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 18.7 mi
  • Whitney Portal Arch: 22.6 mi
  • Lathe Arch: 24.3 mi
  • Mobius Arch: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
  • Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 12.4 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
  • Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
Parks: 4
  • General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 20.1 mi
  • Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 23.3 mi
  • Slick Rock Recreation Area: 23.9 mi
  • Merritt Park: 24.6 mi
Museums: 3
Beaches: 2
Hot springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Paiute Mural: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Tamarack Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount KaweahSE 130°4,205 m6.1 mi
Red KaweahSE 133°4,185 m4.4 mi
Michael's PinnacleSE 133°4,170.4 m4.5 mi
Second KaweahSE 132°4,165.5 m5.2 mi
Table MountainNE 43°4,151 m7.3 mi
Milestone MountainNE 51°4,149 m5.6 mi
Koontz PinnacleSE 130°4,145 m4.0 mi
Black KaweahSE 135°4,140 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3219:06
June solstice05:3719:3820:17
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
December solstice07:0316:0316:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283034384654616055453527
Precip in8.77.96.43.22.00.70.60.10.72.33.66.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lodgepole, 10 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs6.19.712.842.491.591.042.98.11.31.73.45.0

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Marble Fork Kaweah R AB Horse C NR Lodgepole CA, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10195522544

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