Brown Peak
Brown Peak rises to 1,715 m in California. Boundary Hill stands 2,575 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Pinoche Peak, a peak 1.6 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 7.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Mariposa County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q35729577, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,715 m
How to reach it
- 7.6 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 9 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pinoche Peak: 1.6 mi
- Casa Diablo: 1.8 mi
- Marble Point: 2.4 mi
- Eagle Peak: 3.6 mi
- Trumbull Peak: 4.7 mi
- Chinquapin Falls: 3.4 mi
- Foresta Falls: 4.6 mi
- Little Nellie Falls: 5.9 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 7.7 mi
- Upper Cascades: 8.1 mi
- Barrel Spring: 2.2 mi
- Fern Spring: 9.3 mi
- Moss Spring: 9.6 mi
- Black Spring: 9.7 mi
- Pilot Peak Spring: 11.2 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Museum: 2.7 mi
- Yosemite History Center: 10.6 mi
- Mariposa Museum and History Center: 13.7 mi
- Mariposa Grove Museum: 14.1 mi
- Yosemite Museum & Library: 14.1 mi
- El Portal Park: 2.8 mi
- Midpines Park: 9.9 mi
- Mariposa Art Park: 13.8 mi
- Mariposa Park: 13.9 mi
- Bagby Recreation Area: 17.8 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 2.8 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 2.8 mi
- Merced Grove: 8.0 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 9.1 mi
- Valley View Yosemite (Sunset Spot): 9.2 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 2.9 mi
- Summit Meadow: 8.6 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Fireplace Bluffs: 9.1 mi
- Rockslides: 9.8 mi
- Profile Cliff: 12.1 mi
- The Fissures: 12.2 mi
- Glacier Point: 14.2 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 8.5 mi
- September 11, 2001 Memorial: 13.7 mi
- World Heritage Site: 14.1 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 14.5 mi
- Women's Club Building: 14.6 mi
- Cat Town: 15.6 mi
- Agua Fria: 15.8 mi
- Mount Ophir: 16.6 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 23.6 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 18.6 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 20.0 mi
- Dedication Garden: 22.8 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 22.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Brown Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary Hill | NE 47° | 2,575 m | 13.0 mi |
| Ostrander Rocks | ENE 72° | 2,482 m | 12.1 mi |
| Sentinel Dome | ENE 63° | 2,475 m | 13.4 mi |
| Tempo Dome | E 83° | 2,393 m | 8.4 mi |
| El Capitan | NE 53° | 2,307 m | 11.3 mi |
| Taft Point | ENE 64° | 2,286 m | 12.1 mi |
| Dewey Point | ENE 61° | 2,236 m | 9.6 mi |
| Eagle Tower | NE 53° | 2,220 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:46 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:04 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 36 | 38 | 42 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 6.9 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 7.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yosemite Village 12 W, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 257494 — Brown Peak, Mariposa County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358797034
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 14 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 15 mi
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