Cactus Peak
Cactus Peak rises to 1,640 m in California. Olancha Peak stands 3,695 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarloaf Mountain, a peak 3.2 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 120 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q35732410, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1640 m
How to reach it
- 22.7 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Father Crowley Vista Point- Rainbow Canyon · 24 mi
- Father Crowley Vista Point · 24 mi
- Padre Point · 24 mi
120 named places within 25 miles
- Coso Hot Springs: 3.4 mi
- Haiwee Spring: 4.2 mi
- Upper Haiwee Spring: 4.7 mi
- Summer Spring: 7.2 mi
- Wild Horse Spring: 7.3 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Silver Peak: 7.8 mi
- Pinon Peak: 8.4 mi
- Red Hill: 8.5 mi
- Volcano Peak: 8.5 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 9.9 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 9.9 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 9.9 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 9.9 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 9.9 mi
- Chinook helicopter: 16.4 mi
- F-14 Tomcat airplane: 16.5 mi
- Lemon Inn: 20.4 mi
- Dirty Socks: 20.8 mi
- Madonna: 17.9 mi
- Not A Through Street: 17.9 mi
- Egg: 17.9 mi
- Fossil Falls: 9.1 mi
- Darwin Falls: 23.3 mi
- Coso Junction Rest Area: 7.6 mi
- Darwin community garden: 18.2 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 18.9 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 20.4 mi
- Bircham Springs Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cactus Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olancha Peak | NW 308° | 3,695 m | 21.3 mi |
| Cartago Peak | NW 317° | 3,194 m | 23.3 mi |
| Brown Mountain | WNW 302° | 3,038 m | 23.8 mi |
| Round Mountain | WNW 298° | 3,015 m | 16.3 mi |
| Smith Mountain | W 279° | 2,905 m | 23.0 mi |
| Crag Peak | W 277° | 2,877 m | 19.0 mi |
| Monache Mountain | WNW 293° | 2,870 m | 23.0 mi |
| Deer Mountain | WNW 286° | 2,864 m | 17.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:34 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Haiwee, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 239972 — Cactus Peak, Inyo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358781368
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