Triple Falls
Triple Falls is a waterfall in California, at a recorded elevation of 2,505 m. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the north-northeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Windy Cliff, a cliff 1.5 miles away.
The story
Waterfall in Kings Canyon National Park.
Wikidata Q123351466, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,505 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Point: 1.9 mi
- Marion Peak: 2.7 mi
- Windy Peak: 3.2 mi
- Observation Peak: 3.2 mi
- State Peak: 3.7 mi
- Grouse Spring: 12.3 mi
- Scotty Spring: 13.2 mi
- Harry Birch Springs: 15.7 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 16.3 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 16.4 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 7.0 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 10.2 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 10.7 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 11.4 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 14.2 mi
- Blue Canyon Falls: 11.3 mi
- First Falls: 11.5 mi
- Second Falls: 11.7 mi
- Mist Falls: 11.8 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 12.7 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 19.3 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 19.6 mi
- Dehy Park: 23.1 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 23.5 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 23.5 mi
- Windy Cliff: 1.5 mi
- Great Cliffs: 3.1 mi
- Muro Blanco: 5.5 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 7.5 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 18.9 mi
- Rock Monster: 9.5 mi
- John Muir Rock: 21.9 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 17.7 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 20.7 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 23.2 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 23.3 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 23.4 mi
- Jumping Rock: 23.7 mi
- Kearsarge: 17.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Triple Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | NNE 17° | 4,343 m | 7.9 mi |
| Starlight Peak | NNE 16° | 4,324 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Sill | NNE 21° | 4,316 m | 8.2 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | NNE 18° | 4,298 m | 7.9 mi |
| Middle Palisade | NE 39° | 4,278 m | 7.6 mi |
| Split Mountain | ENE 71° | 4,269 m | 7.8 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | NNE 15° | 4,268 m | 8.1 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | NE 40° | 4,259 m | 7.6 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 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 85 | 83 | 76 | 64 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 23 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/902485744
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