Brown Cone
Brown Cone rises to 2,174 m in California. Silver Peak stands 3,612 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Fuller Buttes, a peak 2.9 miles away. 147 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q35729505, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,174 m
How to reach it
147 named places within 25 miles
- Fuller Buttes: 2.9 mi
- Mount Tom: 3.6 mi
- Balloon Dome: 4.1 mi
- Jackass Rock: 4.3 mi
- Piyau Dome: 5.6 mi
- Granite Creek Falls: 4.9 mi
- Camino Falls: 10.2 mi
- Line Creek Falls: 10.3 mi
- Rancheria Falls: 11.8 mi
- Whisky Falls: 14.0 mi
- Heitz Meadow Guard Station: 5.7 mi
- China Camp: 10.0 mi
- 786 Squadron Memorial: 11.0 mi
- Chetwood Cabin: 13.5 mi
- Whites Cabin: 14.4 mi
- Mile High Vista Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
- Dowville Picnic Site: 12.0 mi
- Mono Creek Picnic Site: 13.4 mi
- Pine Point Day Use: 18.2 mi
- Rocky Point Picnic Ground: 18.3 mi
- John S. Eastwood Park: 11.0 mi
- Huntington Lake Game Refuge: 12.0 mi
- North Fork Recreation Area Memorial Park: 18.7 mi
- Valentine Reserve Ecological Study Area: 20.2 mi
- Fishing Club: 20.2 mi
- Mono Hot Springs Resort: 13.0 mi
- Devils Postpile: 17.2 mi
- Bull Buck Tree: 19.1 mi
- Willow Creek Trail: 19.2 mi
- Big Ed: 19.4 mi
- Old Pedro: 13.1 mi
- Little Eden: 13.1 mi
- Reed Pools: 13.1 mi
- Iodone Springs: 13.1 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 14.6 mi
- Junction Bluffs: 10.8 mi
- The Buttresses: 16.4 mi
- South Fork Bluffs: 16.4 mi
- Vermilion Cliffs: 16.4 mi
- Sevehah Cliff: 22.8 mi
- Sierra-Mono Indian Museum: 19.2 mi
- Museum of the Sierra: 20.1 mi
- Mariposa Grove Museum: 21.4 mi
- Mammoth Museum: 21.7 mi
- Thornberry Museum: 22.8 mi
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 13.7 mi
- Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 15.3 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 19.6 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 14.5 mi
- free natural hot pool: 17.2 mi
- Arch Rock: 3.6 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brown Cone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Peak | ENE 69° | 3,612 m | 12.4 mi |
| Sharktooth Peak | ENE 65° | 3,551 m | 12.4 mi |
| Graveyard Peak | ENE 77° | 3,503 m | 13.7 mi |
| Saddle Mountain | ENE 77° | 3,402 m | 10.6 mi |
| Iron Mountain | NNE 15° | 3,376 m | 14.8 mi |
| Post Peak | NNW 341° | 3,354 m | 16.3 mi |
| Cockscomb | ENE 69° | 3,258 m | 11.1 mi |
| Gale Peak | NW 323° | 3,258 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:43 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:02 | 16:43 |
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 | 34 | 34 | 36 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 62 | 56 | 47 | 40 | 35 |
| Precip in | 8.5 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 6.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Huntington Lake, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 257486 — Brown Cone, Fresno County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358797027
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