Buscones Peak
Buscones Peak rises to 2,099 m in California. White Mountain Peak stands 4,344 m to the southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Modoc Peak, a peak 0.4 miles away. 102 named places lie within 25 miles, 48 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q35730861, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,099 m
How to reach it
102 named places within 25 miles
- Modoc Peak: 0.4 mi
- Pearce Peak: 0.4 mi
- Anderson Peak: 0.4 mi
- China Peak: 0.5 mi
- Diana Peak: 0.7 mi
- Benton Hot Springs Source: 2.8 mi
- Yellowjacket Spring: 4.2 mi
- Antelope Spring: 8.3 mi
- Banner Springs: 8.4 mi
- Moran Spring: 9.9 mi
- Cabin: 12.2 mi
- Cousin Jack: 12.2 mi
- Champion Spark Plug Mine High Camp: 14.4 mi
- Tom's Place Monument: 18.1 mi
- Power Plant Ruin: 19.1 mi
- Ida Lynn Parkinson Park: 3.0 mi
- Chalfant Park: 18.6 mi
- Crowley Park: 20.2 mi
- Fish Lake Valley Park: 22.5 mi
- Clark Canyon: 23.0 mi
- State Line: 3.0 mi
- Casa Diablo: 13.8 mi
- Basalt: 19.9 mi
- Arlemont: 22.8 mi
- Fish Lake Valley: 23.3 mi
- Wild Willy's Hot Springs: 17.1 mi
- Alkali Hot Springs: 17.6 mi
- Shepherd Hot Springs: 18.7 mi
- Hot Creek Geological Site: 20.1 mi
- Little Creek Hot Springs: 20.1 mi
- Upper Gorge: 17.9 mi
- The Wave: 23.0 mi
- The Alcove: 23.1 mi
- Crowley Lake Stone Columns: 17.1 mi
- Patriarch Grove Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buscones Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Mountain Peak | SE 127° | 4,344 m | 16.2 mi |
| The Jumpoff | ENE 72° | 4,126 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Dubois | E 87° | 4,126 m | 8.1 mi |
| Montgomery Peak | ENE 60° | 4,098 m | 8.5 mi |
| Boundary Peak | ENE 58° | 4,007 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Barcroft | SE 135° | 3,979 m | 18.9 mi |
| Mount Morgan | SW 221° | 3,962 m | 24.2 mi |
| Esha Peak | SW 222° | 3,953 m | 24.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:41 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:58 | 16:39 |
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 | 29 | 29 | 34 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 63 | 62 | 56 | 46 | 36 | 29 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mammoth Lakes RS, 27 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1658181 — Buscones Peak, Mono County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358806196
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