Cirque Mountain
Cirque Mountain rises to 3,265 m in California. Twin Peaks stands 3,756 m to the east-southeast, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Crown Point, a peak 1.4 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 18 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q35734816, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3265 m
How to reach it
- 17.5 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lembert Dome · 18 mi
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 18 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 20 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Crown Point: 1.4 mi
- Kettle Peak: 1.7 mi
- Center Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Hunewill Peak: 2.1 mi
- The Juggernaut: 2.2 mi
- Buck Springs: 10.7 mi
- Doe Springs: 11.0 mi
- Jordan Spring: 14.4 mi
- The Hot Springs: 14.6 mi
- The Hot Springs: 14.7 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 4.3 mi
- Cascade Falls: 7.4 mi
- Lower Cathedral Creek Falls: 14.0 mi
- Waterwheel Falls: 14.1 mi
- Upper Cathedral Creek Falls: 14.1 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 10.1 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 14.9 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 17.0 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 18.1 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 18.2 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 11.5 mi
- Dog Town: 14.4 mi
- Bennettville: 17.2 mi
- Masonic: 24.7 mi
- Bodie: 24.9 mi
- Bridgeport: 15.9 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 18.6 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 19.0 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 21.9 mi
- Douglas Picnic Ground: 22.2 mi
- Mono County Museum: 15.1 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 15.2 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 22.0 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 24.8 mi
- Dore Cliff: 14.1 mi
- East Flange Rock: 18.6 mi
- Locomotive Point: 19.7 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 15.9 mi
- Upside-Down House: 22.0 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 23.5 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 8.5 mi
- Danburg Beach: 19.3 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 15.5 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 20.7 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Cirque Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Peaks | ESE 121° | 3,756 m | 6.4 mi |
| Matterhorn Peak | ESE 122° | 3,749.3 m | 5.0 mi |
| Twin Peaks-East Peak | ESE 120° | 3,731 m | 6.6 mi |
| The Dragtooth | ESE 120° | 3,695.4 m | 4.7 mi |
| Whorl Mountain | SE 134° | 3,667 m | 5.7 mi |
| Virginia Peak | SE 130° | 3,657 m | 7.1 mi |
| Cleaver Peak | ESE 118° | 3,616.8 m | 3.9 mi |
| Blacksmith Peak | ESE 117° | 3,616.3 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:45 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 64 | 62 | 56 | 45 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridgeport, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 221121 — Cirque Mountain, Mono County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358763627
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 26 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 28 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 28 mi
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