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Brown Mountain

Brown Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Brown Mountain rises to 3,038 m in California. Mount Langley stands 4,277 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Iron Spring, a spring 1.8 miles away.

The story

mountain in Tulare County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q35729553, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3038 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.25911, -118.18008

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 22
Attractions: 12
Natural arches: 10
  • Natural Bridge: 12.9 mi
  • Natural Arch: 13.0 mi
  • Palette Arch: 22.7 mi
  • Gunga Din Arch: 22.8 mi
  • Whitney Portal Arch: 23.7 mi
Historic sites: 10
Cliffs: 7
  • Window Cliffs: 14.3 mi
  • Tootsie Pop Tower: 22.6 mi
  • Rock Candy Tower: 22.7 mi
  • Southern Blonde Rock: 22.7 mi
  • Chocolate Block: 22.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Hot springs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Museums: 2
Nature reserves: 1
Rest areas: 1
Parks: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Miss Alabama: 23.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Brown Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LangleyN 350°4,277 m18.6 mi
Mount PickeringNNW 342°4,105 m19.5 mi
Joe Devel PeakNNW 340°4,063 m18.9 mi
Cirque PeakNNW 348°3,930 m15.4 mi
WoollybackN 355°3,913 m17.5 mi
The FinN 353°3,878 m17.9 mi
Trailmaster PeakN 350°3,817.6 m14.3 mi
The Major GeneralNNW 346°3,780 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:05
June solstice05:3619:3620:14
September equinox06:4118:1718:51
December solstice07:0116:0216:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394248546272787770594738
Precip in1.21.50.80.20.20.10.20.10.20.30.31.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Haiwee, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358781155

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