Coso Peak
Coso Peak rises to 2,483 m in California. Olancha Peak stands 3,695 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Chappo Spring, a spring 1.4 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off. 114 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.
The story
Coso Peak is the highest summit in the Coso Range, a small mountain range east of the Sierra Nevada, in Inyo County in the U.S. state of California. The peak has an elevation of 8,157 feet (2,486 metres) and a topographic prominence of 2,489 ft (759 m), making it the 88th most prominent mountain in California. While much of the northern part of the Coso Range is within the Coso Range Wilderness protected area, administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Coso Peak itself and much of the southern part of the range is within the boundaries of Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, a U.S. Navy research, testing, and evaluation installation. Coso Peak and the Coso Range also form part of the Basin and Range Province, along with neighboring mountains and ranges, such as the Argus Range. Nearby peaks in the Coso Range include 7,668 ft (2,337 m) Pinon Peak to the west, and 7,550 ft (2,301 m) Silver Peak to the south.
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Wikidata Q35736033, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2483 m
How to reach it
- 12.5 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Father Crowley Vista Point- Rainbow Canyon · 14 mi
- Father Crowley Vista Point · 14 mi
- Padre Point · 14 mi
- Turnout · 23 mi
114 named places within 25 miles
- Chappo Spring: 1.4 mi
- Crystal Spring: 1.5 mi
- Mill Spring: 2.2 mi
- Tub Spring: 2.9 mi
- Black Spring: 3.4 mi
- Iron Hill: 2.6 mi
- Silver Peak: 3.8 mi
- Pinon Peak: 4.1 mi
- 1440: 7.0 mi
- Silver Mountain: 7.4 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 8.0 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 8.0 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 8.0 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 8.1 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 8.1 mi
- Coso: 4.2 mi
- Darwin: 8.2 mi
- Keeler: 21.6 mi
- Cerro Gordo Mines: 23.6 mi
- Cerro Gordo,California, United States: 23.6 mi
- Chinook helicopter: 8.6 mi
- F-14 Tomcat airplane: 8.6 mi
- Dirty Socks: 18.7 mi
- Lemon Inn: 19.2 mi
- Cerro Gordo Ghost Town: 23.6 mi
- Madonna: 8.0 mi
- Not A Through Street: 8.0 mi
- Egg: 8.0 mi
- Darwin Falls: 13.3 mi
- Fossil Falls: 19.4 mi
- Darwin community garden: 8.3 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 15.8 mi
- Coso Junction Rest Area: 16.9 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 18.9 mi
- Conglomerate Double Arch: 21.8 mi
- Bircham Springs Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Coso Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olancha Peak | W 281° | 3,695 m | 22.9 mi |
| Cartago Peak | WNW 291° | 3,194 m | 23.2 mi |
| Round Mountain | W 267° | 3,015 m | 20.1 mi |
| Deer Mountain | W 261° | 2,864 m | 23.2 mi |
| Ball Mountain | WSW 246° | 2,822 m | 23.3 mi |
| Cerro Gordo Peak | N 350° | 2,793 m | 23.5 mi |
| Maturango Peak | ESE 115° | 2,670 m | 13.4 mi |
| Parkinson Peak | ESE 119° | 2,662 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:34 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 16:01 | 16:40 |
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, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358782578
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