Crater Mountain
Crater Mountain rises to 1,849 m in California. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Fish Springs Hill, a peak 2.0 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q35736431, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,849 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Fish Springs Hill: 2.0 mi
- Piper Peak: 5.7 mi
- Red Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Kid Mountain: 7.2 mi
- Birch Mountain: 7.4 mi
- Fish Springs: 2.5 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 5.4 mi
- Mule Spring: 5.5 mi
- Uhlmeyer Spring: 5.9 mi
- Wilkerson Springs: 5.9 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 3.8 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 4.1 mi
- Bishop City Park: 18.2 mi
- Tri County Fairgrounds: 18.7 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 18.8 mi
- First Falls: 7.9 mi
- Second Falls: 8.6 mi
- Triple Falls: 16.7 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 22.2 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 22.2 mi
- Windy Cliff: 16.4 mi
- Great Cliffs: 17.8 mi
- Muro Blanco: 18.7 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 22.6 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 24.2 mi
- American Mule Museum: 18.3 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 18.3 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 19.8 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 22.2 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 22.2 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 15.3 mi
- Schulman Grove Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Kearsarge: 21.0 mi
- Bend City: 22.4 mi
- San Carlos: 23.5 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 12.0 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 19.6 mi
- Rock Monster: 17.5 mi
- Methuselah: 19.8 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 18.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Crater Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | W 264° | 4,343 m | 11.9 mi |
| Starlight Peak | W 264° | 4,324 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mount Sill | W 264° | 4,316 m | 11.2 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | W 263° | 4,298 m | 11.8 mi |
| Middle Palisade | WSW 252° | 4,278 m | 9.8 mi |
| Split Mountain | SW 226° | 4,269 m | 9.3 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | W 265° | 4,268 m | 12.0 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | WSW 251° | 4,259 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:38 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:00 | 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 | 40 | 43 | 49 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bishop AP, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358803868
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