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Mammoth Creek Park West

Mammoth Creek Park West from directly overhead

Mammoth Creek Park West is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 2,395 m. Red Slate Mountain stands 4,005 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Mammoth Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 24 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
2395 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.63576, -118.96708

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 29
  • Antelope Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Reds Meadow Hot Springs: 5.9 mi
  • Iva Bell Hot Springs: 7.7 mi
  • Iva Bell Hot Springs: 7.7 mi
  • Hot Springs: 7.7 mi
Historic sites: 20
  • Julia E. Townsend Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Mill City Mine: 1.9 mi
  • Assay Office: 3.1 mi
  • Air Compressor: 3.1 mi
  • Mahan Cabin: 3.1 mi
Hot springs: 11
  • Hot Spring: 5.1 mi
  • free natural hot pool: 5.9 mi
  • Iva Bell Hot Springs: 7.6 mi
  • Iva Bell Hot Springs: 7.8 mi
  • Iva Bell Hot Springs: 7.8 mi
Waterfalls: 9
Parks: 8
Cliffs: 7
Attractions: 7
Picnic sites: 4
  • Minaret Vista Picnic: 5.3 mi
  • Gull Lake Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
  • Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
  • Mono Creek Picnic Site: 19.2 mi
Museums: 2
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Arch Rock: 21.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Mammoth Creek Park West. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red Slate MountainSSE 149°4,005 m10.4 mi
Mount BaldwinSE 138°3,838 m9.6 mi
Bloody MountainSSE 148°3,825 m6.2 mi
Clyde MinaretW 279°3,738 m11.4 mi
Michael MinaretW 278°3,736 m11.7 mi
Mount MorrisonSE 131°3,731 m7.9 mi
Ken MinaretW 278°3,730 m11.4 mi
Eichorn MinaretW 279°3,730 m11.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3319:08
June solstice05:3519:4220:21
September equinox06:4418:2018:54
December solstice07:0816:0116:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F292934394756636256463629
Precip in4.23.83.31.51.50.50.50.50.51.42.04.1

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

  • Mule Deer140 obs
  • Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily115 obs
  • American Robin96 obs
  • Steller's Jay94 obs
  • Mountain Chickadee84 obs
  • woolly mule's ears78 obs
  • Brewer's Blackbird69 obs
  • Douglas's Squirrel67 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/492643539

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