Cartago Peak
Cartago Peak rises to 3,194 m in California. Mount Langley stands 4,277 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Olancha Peak, a peak 4.2 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off.
The story
Summit in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q120442596, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,194 m
How to reach it
- 26.9 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Olancha Peak: 4.2 mi
- Little Templeton Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Muah Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Templeton Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Brown Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Iron Spring: 6.8 mi
- Olivas Spring: 8.2 mi
- Soda Springs: 9.0 mi
- River Spring: 11.0 mi
- Aqua Bonita Spring: 14.6 mi
- Lemon Inn: 4.2 mi
- Dirty Socks: 5.4 mi
- Boulder Creek: 14.6 mi
- Owen's Lake - Plaza: 16.8 mi
- Yellow Sky (movie site): 19.1 mi
- Walt's Point: 10.3 mi
- Keeler Ruins: 17.0 mi
- Cerro Gordo: 17.2 mi
- Owens Lake-Silver Lead Furnace Historical Marker: 17.6 mi
- Mount Whitney Pack Trains: 19.3 mi
- Natural Bridge: 15.4 mi
- Natural Arch: 15.5 mi
- Palette Arch: 17.9 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 18.0 mi
- Taco Bell Arch: 19.2 mi
- Window Cliffs: 15.9 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 17.8 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 17.8 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 17.9 mi
- Chocolate Block: 18.0 mi
- Keeler: 17.0 mi
- Swansea: 17.7 mi
- Cerro Gordo Mines: 22.6 mi
- Cerro Gordo,California, United States: 22.6 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 8.5 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 20.0 mi
- Volcano Falls: 16.3 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 20.1 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 16.6 mi
- Spainhower Park: 19.8 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 19.2 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 19.6 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 4.6 mi
- Miss Alabama: 18.8 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Coso Junction Rest Area: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Cartago Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Langley | NNW 331° | 4,277 m | 15.7 mi |
| Mount LeConte | NNW 331° | 4,246 m | 17.2 mi |
| Mount Irvine | NNW 331° | 4,222 m | 18.3 mi |
| Mount Mallory | NNW 330° | 4,222 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mount McAdie | NNW 328° | 4,206 m | 18.4 mi |
| Mount Corcoran | NNW 331° | 4,194 m | 16.9 mi |
| Discovery Pinnacle | NNW 327° | 4,192 m | 19.2 mi |
| Mount Marsh | NNW 328° | 4,118 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:36 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:02 | 16:42 |
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, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/11032920927
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