Whale Peak, California

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 5351 ft / 1631 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	33° 1' 46'' N, 116° 18' 58'' W 33.029464, -116.316208 (Dec Deg) 563856 E 3654761 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	San Diego
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 459      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 426) Selected Trip Reports:      2001-03-25 by Winnette Butler      2007-03-10 by Dennis Poulin      2008-03-12 by Scott Surgent      2009-02-07 by Amin Faraday      2010-01-31 by Mat Kelliher      2011-04-17 by Derek Loranger      2011-10-02 by Matt Looney (GPS Track)      2013-01-31 by Joel Hawk      2013-02-17 by Marit Chrislock      2013-04-21 by Michael Sullivan (GPS Track)      2013-12-12 by Patrick ONeill (GPS Track)      2014-12-07 by Marit Chrislock      2015-02-07 by Bob Ramsey      2015-02-16 by Bob Bolton (GPS Track)      2015-02-16 by Don Nelsen      2015-03-29 by Mark Lyons      2015-11-15 by Mihai Giurgiulescu (GPS Track)      2016-01-17 by Eric Chu (GPS Track)      2016-01-17 by Jason Park (GPS Track)      2016-01-23 by Maddie Dolan      2016-02-14 by Eric Kassan (GPS Track)      2016-02-17 by Barry Schmitt (GPS Track)      2016-02-20 by Zach Smith      2016-02-27 by Pat Wells      2016-09-17 by Sandy Lara      2016-12-19 by Dean Gaudet (GPS Track)      2016-12-19 by David Sanger (GPS Track)      2017-03-05 by Ginger Partyka      2017-12-27 by Erik Korporaal (GPS Track)      2017-12-28 by David Porter      2018-01-27 by Robert Luher (GPS Track)      2018-11-17 by Jim Wick (GPS Track)      2018-12-20 by Jim Conant (GPS Track)      2019-01-05 by Thomas Brennan (GPS Track)      2019-02-09 by Amy Huang      2019-02-18 by Coby King (GPS Track)      2020-01-18 by Chloë Sells (GPS Track)      2020-01-25 by Ross Doering (GPS Track)      2020-01-26 by Gordon Jenkins (GPS Track)      2020-09-26 by Garret Stoops (GPS Track)      2020-12-19 by Travis Curry (GPS Track)      2021-02-20 by Chad Thomas (GPS Track)      2021-03-30 by Miriam Khamis (GPS Track)      2021-05-09 by JT Newgard      2021-11-21 by Christopher O'Dea (GPS Track)      2022-01-22 by Jason Park (GPS Track)      2022-04-01 by Chad Reynolds (GPS Track)      2023-02-03 by Nereida Herrera
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Whale Peak from Stage BM (2011-12-31). Photo by Mark McCormick. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 2700 ft/823 m   Optimistic Prominence: 2700 ft/823 m   Key Col: Old Overland Stage Route    2649 ft/807 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 9.47 mi/15.24 km    Isolation Limit Point: 33.05, -116.4775 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Granite Mountain  (W)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Pacific Ranges Range3: Central and Southern California Ranges Range4: Peninsular Southern California Ranges Range5: San Diego Area Ranges
Drainage Basins	Salton Sea Internal Drainage-N.A. Worldwide Internal Drainage
Ownership	Land: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Topo Map	Whale Peak O33116a3 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

GPX route to Whale Peak from Pictographs Trailhead (2017-12-27). Photo by Erik Korporaal. Click here for larger-size photo.

Hundreds of years old pictographs near the beginning of the ridge climb to Whale Peak (2017-12-27). Photo by Erik Korporaal. Click here for larger-size photo.

February 2019 ascent (2019-02-09). Photo by Olga Ordonez. Click here for larger-size photo.

Whale Peak from atop Granite Mountain (2019-03-24). Photo by Chris Griffith. Click here for larger-size photo.

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