Old Mono County Jail
Old Mono County Jail is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,971 m. Dunderberg Peak stands 3,774 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mono County Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 24 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1883
How to reach it
- 23.9 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 23 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 26 mi
- Lembert Dome · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Jackson: 5.2 mi
- Potato Peak: 7.8 mi
- Masonic Mountain: 8.1 mi
- Rickey Peak: 8.3 mi
- Bodie Mountain: 8.9 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 1.5 mi
- The Hot Springs: 2.2 mi
- The Hot Springs: 2.3 mi
- The Hot Springs: 2.4 mi
- Logan Spring: 6.4 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 5.8 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 7.7 mi
- Machinery: 12.0 mi
- Red Cloud Mining Equipment: 12.0 mi
- Parr House: 12.1 mi
- Bodie State Historic Park: 12.1 mi
- Bridgeport: 17.2 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 17.3 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 19.1 mi
- Mountain Gate Park: 21.2 mi
- Dog Town: 6.2 mi
- Masonic: 9.6 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 10.6 mi
- Bodie: 12.1 mi
- Sweetwater: 14.5 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 11.5 mi
- Cascade Falls: 18.3 mi
- Silver Falls: 18.3 mi
- Leavitt Falls: 18.7 mi
- Sardine Falls: 21.7 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 1.5 mi
- Upside-Down House: 21.4 mi
- South Tufa Area: 24.3 mi
- Navy Beach: 24.6 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 11.4 mi
- Walker River Hot Spring: 21.1 mi
- Booker Hot Spring: 21.2 mi
- Warm Springs: 23.6 mi
- Mono County Museum: 0.1 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 12.1 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 21.4 mi
- Locomotive Point: 4.5 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 12.6 mi
- Dore Cliff: 18.3 mi
- Danburg Beach: 17.5 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 23.0 mi
- Navy Beach: 24.5 mi
- The Elbow: 15.7 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 18.1 mi
- Aspen Glen Reserve: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Old Mono County Jail. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunderberg Peak | S 191° | 3,774 m | 13.5 mi |
| Twin Peaks | SSW 211° | 3,756 m | 13.9 mi |
| Matterhorn Peak | SW 216° | 3,749.3 m | 14.0 mi |
| Twin Peaks-East Peak | SSW 210° | 3,731 m | 13.8 mi |
| The Dragtooth | SW 218° | 3,695.4 m | 13.9 mi |
| Whorl Mountain | SSW 214° | 3,667 m | 15.2 mi |
| Virginia Peak | SSW 208° | 3,657 m | 15.0 mi |
| Cleaver Peak | SW 221° | 3,616.8 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
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, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/42155119
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- Mono Lake · 20 mi
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