California
San Joaquin Valley
Tulare County

Tharp’s Rock

Tharp’s Rock is a peak in , , and has an elevation of 10,699 feet. Tharp’s Rock is situated nearby to the locality .
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 10,699 feet
  • Description: named formation below Alta Peak
  • Also known as: “Tharps Rock”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alta Peak and Pear Lake Ski Hut.

Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
is in not far from . Before 1896, the mountain was known as Tharps Peak. By 1903 it was generally known by its current name and appears on the Tehipite quadrangle, USGS 30 minute topographic map of 1905, and was officially recognized by the Board on Geographic Names in 1928.

Ranger station
Photo: Adorabutton, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a mountain hut in , California, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in Sequoia National Park by the Civilian Conservation Corps from 1939–41 using local Sierra granite and timber materials, the hut is an example of the National Park Service Rustic style, using rough masonry and a log roof structure.

Waterfall
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also known as Tokopah Valley Falls, is a 1,200-foot cascading waterfall in , . The falls are formed as the Marble Fork of the slides down a huge granite headwall of the glacial Tokopah Valley.

Tharp’s Rock

Latitude
36.5853° or 36° 35′ 7″ north
Longitude
-118.6685° or 118° 40′ 7″ west
Elevation
10,699 feet (3,261 metres)
Open location code
8583H8PJ+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4881720470
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Wiki­data ID
Q118639421
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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Alta Meadow and Last Chance Meadow.

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