Kaweah Peaks Ridge, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

Name: Kaweah Peaks Ridge
Address: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, United States

#27 among attractions in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Kaweah Peaks Ridge is a spur of the Great Western Divide, a sub-range of California's Sierra Nevada. The ridge is located in Sequoia National Park and is composed of mostly rugged and loose metamorphic rock. ()

Coordinates: 36°32'60"N, 118°30'29"W

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Kaweah Peaks Ridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lippincott Mountain, Mount Eisen, Eagle Scout Peak, Whaleback.

3.6 miSW
Mountain
Lippincott Mountain, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
93 min walk • Lippincott Mountain is a 12,265-foot-elevation mountain summit located on the Great Western Divide of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Tulare County of northern California. It is situated in Sequoia National Park, 1.5 mile north of Mount Eisen, and 1.7 mile south of Eagle Scout Peak.
4.9 miSW
Mountain
Mount Eisen, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
125 min walk • Mount Eisen is a 12,185-foot-elevation double summit mountain located on the Great Western Divide of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Tulare County of northern California. It is situated in Sequoia National Park, 1.6 mile south of Lippincott Mountain. Mount Eisen ranks as the 380th highest summit in California.
3 miW
Mountain
Eagle Scout Peak, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
77 min walk • Eagle Scout Peak is a 12,005-foot mountain on the Great Western Divide of the southern Sierra Nevada. The mountain is located in the backcountry of Sequoia National Park.
5.7 miN
Mountain
Whaleback, Kings Canyon National Park
146 min walk • Whaleback is a remote 11,717-foot-elevation three-mile-long ridge located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Tulare County of northern California. It is situated in Kings Canyon National Park, extending north from the Great Western Divide.
3.5 miNW
Waterfall
Roaring River, Kings Canyon National Park
90 min walk • The Roaring River is a 16.6-mile long tributary of the South Fork Kings River, in the Sierra Nevada of Fresno County, California. The entire course of the river is within Kings Canyon National Park.
2.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Kaweah, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
60 min walk • Mount Kaweah is a mountain in California's Sequoia National Park and forms part of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge, a spur of the Great Western Divide which extends south from Triple Divide Peak.
3.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Triple Divide Peak, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
82 min walk • Triple Divide Peak is a mountain along the Great Western Divide in the Sierra Nevada range on the boundary between Kings Canyon and Sequoia national parks, in Tulare County, California. It rises to 12,640 feet.
0.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Black Kaweah, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
15 min walk • Black Kaweah is a mountain of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge of the California's Sierra Nevada, in Sequoia National Park. The peak has a local magnetic disturbance that has caused compasses in the vicinity to vary by up to eight degrees.Fulgurites can be found on the peak.
0.7 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Red Kaweah, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
19 min walk • Red Kaweah is a mountain in California's Sequoia National Park on the Kaweah Peaks Ridge. It is 1.8 miles north of Mount Kaweah and 0.7 miles south of Black Kaweah.
2.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Stewart, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
75 min walk • Mount Stewart is on the Great Western Divide, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada in California. It is located in Sequoia National Park, 2.1 miles southeast of Triple Divide Peak and 2.7 miles northwest of Black Kaweah.
3.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Lilliput Glacier, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
84 min walk • Lilliput Glacier is the smallest named glacier in the Sierra Nevada of California. The glacier has an area of.05 km², which is approximately 12.2 acres.

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Which popular attractions are close to Kaweah Peaks Ridge?

Nearby attractions include Kaweah Queen, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (9 min walk), Black Kaweah, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (15 min walk), Red Kaweah, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (19 min walk).