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The Needles, California
Prominence: 414 ft, 126 m
Elevation: 8254 feet, 2516 meters
True Isolation: 1.31 mi, 2.1 km
Elevation Info:
NAVD88 Elevation
: 8258 ft / 2517 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)
36° 6' 34'' N, 118° 29' 5'' W
36.109483, -118.484686 (Dec Deg)
366369 E 3997112 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country
United States
State/Province
California
County/Second Level Region
Tulare
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(Rank #40)
Ascent Info
Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users:
51
Show all viewable ascents/attempts
(Total: 47)
Selected Trip Reports from this site:
0000 by Bob Cable
1999-06-24 by Frederick Johnson
2009-10-03 by Mike Elliott
2012-10-15 by Bob Burd
2014-09-20 by Rick Peterson
2015-09-03 by Sean Phillips
2017-11-25 by Marcus Sierra (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track)
2018-05-29 by Nathan Ayotte
2019-05-18 by Jason Pair
2019-05-18 by John Sheehe
2020-05-23 by El Puma Verde
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The Needles from the south (2018-09-03). Photo by
Chris Gordon
.
Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence
Key Col Page
(Detailed prominence information)
Clean Prominence
: 414 ft/126 m
Optimistic Prominence
: 454 ft/138 m
Line Parent
:
Eye Benchmark
Key Col
: 7840 ft/2390 m
Isolation
Isolation Page
(Detailed isolation information)
Distance: 1.31 mi/2.1 km
Isolation Limit Point
: 36.1192, -118.505
Nearest Higher Neighbor
in the
PBC database
:
Eye Benchmark
(WNW)
Ranges
Continent:
North America
Range2:
Pacific Ranges
Range3:
Sierra Nevada
Range4:
Sequoia Sierra Nevada
Range5:
Southwest Sequoia Area
Drainage Basins
Kern
South San Joaquin Basin
Internal Drainage-N.A.
Worldwide Internal Drainage
Ownership
Land: Sequoia National Forest
Wilderness/Special Area: Giant Sequoia NM
Topo Map
Durrwood Creek O36118a4 1:24,000
Data Source
1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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