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Mono County Museum

Mono County Museum from directly overhead

Mono County Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,969 m. Dunderberg Peak stands 3,774 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Mono County Jail, a museum 0.1 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 24 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Mono County Historical Society
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.25679, -119.23068

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 34
Historic sites: 15
  • Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 5.6 mi
  • Little Bodie Monument: 7.8 mi
  • Machinery: 12.1 mi
  • Red Cloud Mining Equipment: 12.1 mi
  • Parr House: 12.2 mi
Parks: 8
  • Bodie State Historic Park: 12.3 mi
  • Bridgeport: 17.1 mi
  • Mono Lake Park: 17.3 mi
  • Bridgeport Training Range: 19.0 mi
  • Mountain Gate Park: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Waterfalls: 6
Attractions: 4
  • Travertine Hot Spring: 1.6 mi
  • Upside-Down House: 21.5 mi
  • South Tufa Area: 24.3 mi
  • Navy Beach: 24.7 mi
Hot springs: 4
  • Fales Hot Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Walker River Hot Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Booker Hot Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Warm Springs: 23.7 mi
Museums: 3
  • Old Mono County Jail: 0.1 mi
  • Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 12.2 mi
  • Mono Basin Historical Society: 21.4 mi
Cliffs: 3
Beaches: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Nature reserves: 1
  • Aspen Glen Reserve: 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Mono County Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dunderberg PeakS 190°3,774 m13.5 mi
Twin PeaksSSW 210°3,756 m13.8 mi
Matterhorn PeakSW 216°3,749.3 m14.0 mi
Twin Peaks-East PeakSSW 209°3,731 m13.7 mi
The DragtoothSW 217°3,695.4 m13.8 mi
Whorl MountainSSW 213°3,667 m15.1 mi
Virginia PeakSSW 208°3,657 m14.9 mi
Cleaver PeakSW 220°3,616.8 m13.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3419:09
June solstice05:3519:4520:24
September equinox06:4518:2118:55
December solstice07:1115:5916:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936424958646256453628
Precip in2.01.50.90.60.70.40.50.40.20.70.81.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridgeport, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/42155124

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