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.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q35729505, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2174 m
How to reach it
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 14.5 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 14.5 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 14.7 mi
- free natural hot pool: 17.2 mi
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 13.7 mi
- Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 15.3 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 19.6 mi
- Arch Rock: 3.6 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 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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