Volcano Falls
Volcano Falls is a waterfall in California, at a recorded elevation of 2,066 m. Mount Kaweah stands 4,205 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Soda Spring, a spring 0.9 miles away.
The story
Waterfall in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q124610251, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,066 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Tower Rock: 1.0 mi
- Overlook Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Little Whitney Cone: 3.9 mi
- Coyote Peaks: 4.1 mi
- Groundhog Cone: 4.3 mi
- Lemon Inn: 20.6 mi
- Dirty Socks: 21.6 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 22.7 mi
- Lone Ranger Canyon (movie site): 23.1 mi
- How the West Was Won (movie site): 23.1 mi
- Soda Spring: 0.9 mi
- River Spring: 9.4 mi
- Trout Meadows Spring: 9.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 11.7 mi
- Iron Spring: 11.8 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 8.1 mi
- Tufa Falls: 13.0 mi
- Upper Cliff Creek Falls: 14.4 mi
- Lower Cliff Creek Falls: 14.5 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 15.5 mi
- Natural Arch: 1.1 mi
- Natural Bridge: 1.1 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 21.7 mi
- Palette Arch: 22.2 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 22.3 mi
- Walkers Cabin: 9.6 mi
- Crabtree Cabin: 12.1 mi
- Empire Mill Ruins: 13.5 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 13.9 mi
- Alles Cabin: 17.4 mi
- Window Cliffs: 3.0 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 18.0 mi
- Valhalla: 18.6 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 22.2 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 22.2 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- Sunset Point Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 24.0 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 8.7 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 24.8 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 20.9 mi
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 24.7 mi
- Miss Alabama: 23.5 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Volcano Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kaweah | NNW 339° | 4,205 m | 12.9 mi |
| Michael's Pinnacle | NNW 334° | 4,170 m | 14.3 mi |
| Second Kaweah | NNW 336° | 4,166 m | 13.6 mi |
| Squaretop | NNW 335° | 4,122 m | 13.9 mi |
| Mount Pickering | NNE 25° | 4,105 m | 13.3 mi |
| Mount Newcomb | NNE 23° | 4,090 m | 14.1 mi |
| Bilko Pinnacle | NNW 335° | 4,087 m | 13.8 mi |
| Joe Devel Peak | NNE 26° | 4,063 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:37 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:03 | 16:43 |
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, 26 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/887243730
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