Cattle Mountain
Cattle Mountain rises to 2,422 m in California. Mount Ritter stands 4,007 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Junction Butte, a peak 2.1 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 24 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q35733299, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,422 m
How to reach it
- 24.5 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- View on Tenaya Lake · 25 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 25 mi
- Lembert Dome · 26 mi
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Junction Butte: 2.1 mi
- Piyau Dome: 3.1 mi
- Green Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Balloon Dome: 3.7 mi
- Jackass Butte: 4.9 mi
- Granite Creek Falls: 2.9 mi
- Lower Rainbow Falls: 9.5 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 10.0 mi
- Minarets Falls: 11.5 mi
- Camino Falls: 12.2 mi
- Chetwood Cabin: 5.8 mi
- Heitz Meadow Guard Station: 6.3 mi
- China Camp: 13.9 mi
- Mahan Cabin: 14.3 mi
- Assay Office: 14.3 mi
- Junction Bluffs: 6.4 mi
- The Buttresses: 10.3 mi
- Vermilion Cliffs: 17.6 mi
- Sevehah Cliff: 19.7 mi
- Cascade Cliffs: 19.8 mi
- Reds Meadow Hot Springs: 11.1 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 11.6 mi
- Old Pedro: 17.8 mi
- Iodone Springs: 17.8 mi
- Reed Pools: 17.9 mi
- Minaret Vista Picnic: 13.4 mi
- Mile High Vista Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- Mono Creek Picnic Site: 17.0 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Dowville Picnic Site: 19.9 mi
- Devils Postpile: 10.9 mi
- Mono Hot Springs Resort: 17.7 mi
- Bull Buck Tree: 20.0 mi
- Grizzly Giant: 20.2 mi
- Perched Boulder: 20.3 mi
- Valentine Reserve Ecological Study Area: 15.0 mi
- Community Center Park: 16.5 mi
- Mammoth Creek Park West: 16.6 mi
- Trails End Park: 17.6 mi
- John S. Eastwood Park: 18.6 mi
- Mammoth Museum: 16.8 mi
- Mariposa Grove Museum: 20.1 mi
- Thornberry Museum: 23.0 mi
- Nature Center at Happy Isles: 23.1 mi
- Yosemite History Center: 23.2 mi
- free natural hot pool: 11.1 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 11.5 mi
- Hot Creek Geological Site: 24.2 mi
- Little Creek Hot Springs: 24.4 mi
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 19.9 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 20.5 mi
- Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 22.6 mi
- Arch Rock: 5.7 mi
- Crestview Rest Area: 20.6 mi
- June Lake Beach: 21.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Cattle Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ritter | N 9° | 4,007 m | 11.9 mi |
| Banner Peak | N 9° | 3,940 m | 12.5 mi |
| Electra Peak | N 353° | 3,792 m | 13.0 mi |
| Clyde Minaret | NNE 18° | 3,738 m | 10.3 mi |
| Michael Minaret | NNE 16° | 3,736 m | 10.2 mi |
| Ken Minaret | NNE 18° | 3,730 m | 10.2 mi |
| Eichorn Minaret | NNE 17° | 3,730 m | 10.3 mi |
| Rice Minaret | NNE 16° | 3,730 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:43 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:02 | 16:43 |
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, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358797207
Day trips start here
- Yosemite National Park · 23 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 24 mi
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