Crater Crest
Crater Crest rises to 3,478 m in California. Excelsior Mountain stands 3,791 m to the south-southeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Horsetail Falls, a waterfall 2.6 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 15 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q35736415, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3478 m
How to reach it
- 15.2 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 15 mi
- Lembert Dome · 17 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 17 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Horse Creek Peak: 2.7 mi
- Horse Creek Tower: 2.9 mi
- Twin Peaks-East Peak: 2.9 mi
- Twin Peaks: 2.9 mi
- The Cleaver: 3.0 mi
- Jordan Spring: 8.3 mi
- The Hot Springs: 9.6 mi
- The Hot Springs: 9.6 mi
- The Hot Springs: 9.7 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 11.1 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 8.0 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 8.5 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 10.7 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 13.8 mi
- Lee Vining: 16.6 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 2.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 13.3 mi
- Waterwheel Falls: 15.0 mi
- LeConte Falls: 15.1 mi
- California Falls: 15.3 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 12.9 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 16.3 mi
- Bodie State Historic Park: 18.9 mi
- Bridgeport: 18.9 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 19.3 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 4.9 mi
- Dog Town: 8.3 mi
- Bennettville: 13.5 mi
- Bodie: 18.7 mi
- Masonic: 20.6 mi
- Mono County Museum: 10.9 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 11.0 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 16.4 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 18.7 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 11.1 mi
- Upside-Down House: 16.4 mi
- South Tufa Area: 20.9 mi
- Navy Beach: 21.4 mi
- Dore Cliff: 9.7 mi
- Locomotive Point: 15.0 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 19.4 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 12.4 mi
- Danburg Beach: 13.3 mi
- Navy Beach: 21.2 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 16.1 mi
- Warm Springs: 24.4 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 22.6 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Crater Crest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Excelsior Mountain | SSE 166° | 3,791 m | 7.0 mi |
| Dunderberg Peak | SE 139° | 3,774 m | 5.3 mi |
| Twin Peaks | SSW 203° | 3,756 m | 2.9 mi |
| Matterhorn Peak | SW 230° | 3,749.3 m | 3.2 mi |
| Twin Peaks-East Peak | SSW 198° | 3,731 m | 2.9 mi |
| North Peak | S 173° | 3,728 m | 9.8 mi |
| The Dragtooth | WSW 236° | 3,695.4 m | 3.1 mi |
| Whorl Mountain | SW 217° | 3,667 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:00 | 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358797426
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 19 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 29 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 30 mi
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