Caltech Peak

Caltech Peak is a 13,832-foot-elevation mountain summit located in Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, California. It is situated one mile west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, just one-half mile south of the Kings–Kern Divide, one mile south of line parent Mount Stanford, and 9.3 miles northwest of Mount Whitney.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Forester Pass and Mount Stanford.

Forester Pass

Mountain saddle

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Forester Pass is a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada. Located on the Kings-Kern Divide and on the boundary between Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park, Forester Pass connects the drainages of Bubbs Creek and the Kern River.

Mount Stanford

Peak

Photo: Justin, CC BY 2.0.

Mount Stanford, at an elevation of 13,979 feet, is on the Kings-Kern Divide in Kings Canyon National Park. It is named for Stanford University. It is the fifteenth tallest mountain in California and is located about 3.6 miles from University Peak which was named for the University of California.

Junction Peak

Peak

Photo: Ansel Adams, Public domain.

Junction Peak is a thirteener in the Sierra Nevada. Joseph Nisbet LeConte chose this name in 1896, noting that it marks the point where the Sierra Crest crosses the water divide of the Kern and Kings rivers.

Caltech Peak

Type: Peak with an elevation of 13,802 feet
Description: mountain in United States of America
Categories: mountain and landform
Location: Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.68899° or 36° 41′ 20″ north

Longitude

-118.39071° or 118° 23′ 27″ west

Elevation

13,802 feet (4,207 metres)

Open location code

8583MJQ5+HP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358796033

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

5332983

Wikidata ID

Q35732519

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Satellite Map

Discover Caltech Peak from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Dutch—“Caltech Peak” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Caltech Peak”
Czech: “Caltech Peak”
Dutch: “Caltech Peak”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as The Pothole and Mahogany Flat.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Andy’s Foot Pass and Lake South America.

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