Thunder Mountain, Kings Canyon National Park

Name: Thunder Mountain
Address: Kings Canyon National Park, United States

#35 among attractions in Kings Canyon National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Thunder Mountain is located in the northern part of the Great Western Divide, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada in California. The summit marks a point on the boundary between Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks and is 0.6 miles north of Table Mountain and south 2.8 miles Mount Brewer. Thunder pass, on the mountains east side, has an elevation of 12,720+ feet. This pass marks the western end of the Kings-Kern Divide. ()

First ascent: 1905Prominence: 525 ftCoordinates: 36°40'9"N, 118°28'34"W

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Kings Canyon National Park United States

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Thunder Mountain – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: East Vidette, West Vidette, North Guard, Mount Genevra.

6.6 miNE
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East Vidette, Kings Canyon National Park
170 min walk • East Vidette is a 12,356-foot-elevation mountain summit located two miles west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the northeast corner of Tulare County in northern California. It is situated in Kings Canyon National Park, 12.5 miles west-southwest of the...
5.4 miNE
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West Vidette, Kings Canyon National Park
139 min walk • West Vidette is a 12,533-foot-elevation mountain summit located three miles west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the northeast corner of Tulare County in northern California. It is situated in Kings Canyon National Park, 13.5 miles west-southwest of the community of Independence, and 1.27 miles west of East Vidette.
3.4 miN
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North Guard, Kings Canyon National Park
86 min walk • North Guard is a remote 13,327-foot-elevation mountain summit located near the northern end of the Great Western Divide of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Tulare County of northern California. It is situated in Kings Canyon National Park, 0.9 miles southeast of Mount...
2.5 miNE
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Mount Genevra
64 min walk • Mount Genevra is a remote 13,054-foot-elevation mountain summit located on the Kings–Kern Divide of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Tulare County of northern California. It is situated on the shared boundary of Kings Canyon National Park with Sequoia National Park, 3.5...
1.7 miN
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South Guard, Kings Canyon National Park
45 min walk • South Guard is a remote 13,232-foot-elevation mountain summit located near the northern end of the Great Western Divide of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Tulare County of northern California. It is situated in Kings Canyon National Park, 1.63 miles south of North Guard...
1.7 miNE
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Mount Jordan, Kings Canyon National Park
44 min walk • Mount Jordan is a remote 13,343-foot-elevation mountain summit located on the Kings–Kern Divide of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Tulare County of northern California. It is situated on the shared boundary of Kings Canyon National Park with Sequoia National Park, 3.1 miles...
1.8 miS
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Midway Mountain, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
47 min walk • Midway Mountain is a remote 13,665-foot-elevation mountain summit located on the Great Western Divide of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Tulare County of northern California.
4.1 miSW
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Whaleback, Kings Canyon National Park
104 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.
5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Stanford, Kings Canyon National Park
129 min walk • 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.
6.2 miSW
Waterfall
Roaring River, Kings Canyon National Park
159 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.
2.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Brewer, Kings Canyon National Park
71 min walk • Mount Brewer is on the Great Western Divide, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada in California.