Locomotive Point
Locomotive Point is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 2,316 m. Dunderberg Peak stands 3,774 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Logan Spring, a spring 2.2 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 26 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2316 m
How to reach it
- 26.3 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 26 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 29 mi
- Lembert Dome · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Masonic Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Potato Peak: 5.0 mi
- New York Hill: 5.2 mi
- Bodie Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Dome Hill: 6.6 mi
- Logan Spring: 2.2 mi
- McMillan Spring: 3.5 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 3.9 mi
- Masonic Spring: 5.1 mi
- Lakeview Spring: 5.2 mi
- Red Cloud Mining Equipment: 9.0 mi
- Machinery: 9.0 mi
- Parr House: 9.0 mi
- Carpenter Shop: 9.1 mi
- Stone Ruins: 9.2 mi
- Bodie State Historic Park: 9.1 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 18.5 mi
- Bridgeport: 20.5 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 22.0 mi
- Mountain Gate Park: 22.4 mi
- Masonic: 5.8 mi
- Dog Town: 8.3 mi
- Bodie: 9.1 mi
- Sweetwater: 12.3 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 13.6 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 3.9 mi
- Upside-Down House: 22.6 mi
- South Tufa Area: 24.6 mi
- Navy Beach: 24.8 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 4.5 mi
- Mono County Museum: 4.6 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 9.1 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 22.6 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 14.2 mi
- Walker River Hot Spring: 17.1 mi
- Booker Hot Spring: 17.2 mi
- Warm Springs: 22.3 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 15.9 mi
- Silver Falls: 21.8 mi
- Leavitt Falls: 22.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 22.7 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 9.4 mi
- Dore Cliff: 21.0 mi
- The Elbow: 11.8 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 20.0 mi
- Danburg Beach: 18.7 mi
- Navy Beach: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Locomotive Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunderberg Peak | SSW 203° | 3,774 m | 16.6 mi |
| Twin Peaks | SW 219° | 3,756 m | 17.8 mi |
| Twin Peaks-East Peak | SW 218° | 3,731 m | 17.7 mi |
| The Dragtooth | SW 224° | 3,695.4 m | 18.0 mi |
| Cleaver Peak | SW 227° | 3,616.8 m | 18.1 mi |
| Blacksmith Peak | SW 227° | 3,616.3 m | 18.1 mi |
| Eagle Peak | WSW 243° | 3,603 m | 15.6 mi |
| The Three Teeth | SW 226° | 3,595.4 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:59 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 36 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 64 | 62 | 56 | 45 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridgeport, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358769600
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 20 mi
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