Crystal Crag
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Crystal Crag rises to 3,141 m in California. Red Slate Mountain stands 4,005 m to the southeast, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mahan Cabin, a historic site 1.4 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 25 miles off.
The story
Crystal Crag is a 10,377-foot-elevation (3,163-meter) summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County of northern California, United States. This photogenic landmark, popular with rock climbers, is situated approximately three miles south of the community of Mammoth Lakes, on land managed by Inyo National Forest. Topographic relief is significant as the north aspect rises 1,300 feet (400 meters) above Lake George in one-half mile. Crystal Lake lies below the west aspect and T J Lake below the east aspect. Precipitation runoff from the peak drains into these three lakes, thence north to Mammoth Creek. This mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.
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Wikidata Q35736608, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3141 m
How to reach it
- 24.5 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Disappearing Meadows · 25 mi
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 26 mi
- Lembert Dome · 27 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mammoth Rock: 2.1 mi
- Panorama Dome: 2.1 mi
- Red Cones: 2.5 mi
- Mammoth Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Herlihy Peak: 3.1 mi
- Reds Meadow Hot Springs: 3.8 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 4.0 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 4.0 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 4.1 mi
- Antelope Spring: 9.7 mi
- Mahan Cabin: 1.4 mi
- Assay Office: 1.4 mi
- Bunkhouses: 1.4 mi
- Pumphouse: 1.4 mi
- Air Compressor: 1.4 mi
- free natural hot pool: 3.8 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 4.0 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 4.1 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 4.1 mi
- Hot Spring: 8.6 mi
- Twin Falls: 1.4 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 3.9 mi
- Lower Rainbow Falls: 4.1 mi
- Minarets Falls: 5.3 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 10.8 mi
- Valentine Reserve Ecological Study Area: 2.8 mi
- Mammoth Creek Park West: 4.0 mi
- Community Center Park: 4.5 mi
- Trails End Park: 4.9 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 13.4 mi
- The Buttresses: 4.3 mi
- Junction Bluffs: 7.0 mi
- Sevehah Cliff: 7.4 mi
- Vermilion Cliffs: 12.4 mi
- The Wave: 14.7 mi
- Devils Postpile: 4.6 mi
- Perched Boulder: 13.7 mi
- Crowley Lake Stone Columns: 16.1 mi
- Mono Hot Springs Resort: 18.2 mi
- Navy Beach: 24.2 mi
- Minaret Vista Picnic: 5.2 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- Mono Creek Picnic Site: 16.1 mi
- June Lake Beach: 14.4 mi
- Navy Beach: 24.2 mi
- Mammoth Museum: 4.1 mi
- Crestview Rest Area: 10.0 mi
- Arch Rock: 17.6 mi
- Mono Mills: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Crystal Crag. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Slate Mountain | SE 126° | 4,005 m | 9.8 mi |
| Mount Baldwin | ESE 115° | 3,838 m | 9.8 mi |
| Bloody Mountain | ESE 110° | 3,825 m | 6.2 mi |
| Clyde Minaret | WNW 299° | 3,738 m | 10.0 mi |
| Michael Minaret | WNW 298° | 3,736 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mount Morrison | ESE 104° | 3,731 m | 8.7 mi |
| Ken Minaret | WNW 298° | 3,730 m | 9.9 mi |
| Eichorn Minaret | WNW 298° | 3,730 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:42 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 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 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 258955 — Crystal Crag, Mono County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358797458
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 29 mi
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