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Spanish Needle, California

Prominence: 881 ft, 269 m

Elevation: 7841 feet, 2390 meters

True Isolation: 2.11 mi, 3.4 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 7844 ft / 2391 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	35° 46' 17'' N, 118° 0' 5'' W 35.771443, -118.00152 (Dec Deg) 409474 E 3959061 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	Kern
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Spanish Needle": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Spanish Needle at SummitPost.org Spanish Needle at ListsOfJohn.com Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Spanish Needle: Sierra Club Sierra Peaks Section (Rank #244) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 1984-03-31 by Greg Gerlach 2004-10-22 by Bob Burd 2006-11-10 by Petar Simich (Unsuccessful) 2012-04-07 by Francesca Marcus (Unsuccessful) 2012-04-07 by Amin Faraday (Unsuccessful) 2012-05-28 by Daryn Dodge 2015-05-10 by James Barlow (GPS Track) 2015-10-10 by Kathy Wing (GPS Track) 2017-05-18 by Jason Quan (Unsuccessful) 2017-05-20 by Amin Faraday (Unsuccessful) 2017-05-20 by Mat Kelliher (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track) 2017-05-20 by William Chen (Unsuccessful) 2017-05-20 by MAK SC leads (Unsuccessful) 2017-06-03 by Jason Park (GPS Track) 2018-04-29 by MAK SC leads 2018-04-29 by Matthew Hengst (GPS Track) 2018-04-29 by Mat Kelliher (GPS Track) 2018-04-29 by Garrett McLean (GPS Track) View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members (78 total) Nearby Peak Searches: Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Spanish Needle Elevation Ladder from Spanish Needle Prominence Ladder from Spanish Needle

Spanish Needle is less of a needle and more of a dome (2017-05-20). Photo by William Chen. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 881 ft/269 m Optimistic Prominence: 921 ft/281 m Key Col: 6960 ft/2121 m
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 2.11 mi/3.4 km Isolation Limit Point: 35.7408, -118.0008 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Owens Peak (S)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Pacific Ranges Range3: Sierra Nevada Range4: Southern Sierra Nevada Range5: South Sierra Crest
Drainage Basins	Kern Buena Vista Lake Bed South San Joaquin Basin Internal Drainage-N.A. Worldwide Internal Drainage
Ownership	Wilderness/Special Area: Owens Peak Wilderness Area
Topo Map	Lamont Peak O35118g1 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Sunny, Tay and Susan (2017-06-03). Photo by Jason Park.
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