Center Peak, Kings Canyon National Park

Name: Center Peak
Address: Kings Canyon National Park, United States

#12 among attractions in Kings Canyon National Park

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Center Peak is a 12,760-foot-elevation mountain summit located one mile west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the northeast corner of Tulare County in northern California. It is situated in eastern Kings Canyon National Park, 11 miles southwest of the community of Independence, 1.8 miles south of University Peak, and two miles north of Forester Pass. Topographic relief is significant as the north aspect rises 2,230 feet above Bubbs Creek in one mile. The John Muir Trail which traverses below the west slope of this remote peak provides an approach. ()

Coordinates: 36°43'19"N, 118°21'46"W

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Kings Canyon National Park United States

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Center Peak – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pacific Crest Trail, Footpath, Mount Bago, Mount Rixford.

2 miS
Hiking, Hiking trail
Pacific Crest Trail, Kings Canyon National Park
51 min walk • The Pacific Crest Trail, officially designated as the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, is a long-distance hiking and equestrian trail closely aligned with the highest portion of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges, which lie 100 to 150 miles east of the U.S.
2 miS
Hiking, Hiking trail
Footpath, Kings Canyon National Park
51 min walk • A footpath is a type of thoroughfare that is intended for use only by pedestrians and not other forms of traffic such as motorized vehicles, cycles, and horses. They can be found in a wide variety of places, from the centre of cities, to farmland, to mountain ridges.
5.3 miNW
Mountain
Mount Bago, Kings Canyon National Park
137 min walk • Mount Bago is an 11,870-foot-elevation mountain summit located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the southeast corner of Fresno County, in northern California.
4.8 miNW
Mountain
Mount Rixford, Kings Canyon National Park
123 min walk • Mount Rixford is a 12,887-foot-elevation mountain summit located one mile west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the southeast corner of Fresno County, in northern California. It is situated in Kings Canyon National Park, 11.5 miles west of the community ...
2.6 miNW
Mountain
East Vidette, Kings Canyon National Park
67 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...
3.3 miW
Mountain
West Vidette, Kings Canyon National Park
84 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.
4.8 miSW
Mountain
Mount Genevra
122 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...
4.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Tyndall, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
123 min walk • Mount Tyndall is a peak in the Mount Whitney region of the Sierra Nevada in the U.S. state of California. At 14,025 feet, it is the tenth highest peak in the state. The mountain was named in honor of the Irish scientist and mountaineer, John Tyndall.
4.1 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Gould, Kings Canyon National Park
104 min walk • Mount Gould is a thirteener on the Sierra crest, just north of the Kearsarge Pass.
2.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Stanford, Kings Canyon National Park
57 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.
2.8 miNW
Mountain
Kearsarge Pinnacles, Kings Canyon National Park
73 min walk • Kearsarge Pinnacles is a linear series of 12 pillars and crags on a northwest–southeast trending ridge located one mile west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the southeast corner of Fresno County, in northern California.