Dardanelles Cone
Dardanelles Cone rises to 2,905 m in California. Leavitt Peak stands 3,516 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Cottonwood Picnic Area, a picnic site 2.9 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 7.8 miles off.
The story
Dardanelles Cone is a mountain peak in the Carson-Iceberg Wilderness on the Stanislaus National Forest. It lies near Sonora Pass in the Sierra Nevada of California. It is between State Route 4 and State Route 108. The Dardanelles Cone consists of volcanic material dating back millions of years. It stands out in contrast to the forested and more recently arrived granite landscape around it.
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Wikidata Q5222423, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2905 m
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 12 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Iceberg Peak: 4.1 mi
- Double Dome Rock: 4.5 mi
- Airola Peak: 4.8 mi
- Bull Run Peak: 5.0 mi
- Bald Peak: 5.6 mi
- Salt Spring: 7.9 mi
- White Spring: 13.9 mi
- Poison Spring: 16.9 mi
- Mud Spring: 17.2 mi
- Black Spring: 17.5 mi
- Douglas Picnic Ground: 7.1 mi
- Wester Park: 15.6 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 18.3 mi
- Tuolumne State Game Refuge: 18.7 mi
- Bridgeport: 19.4 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 8.4 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 8.7 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 22.7 mi
- Carson Falls: 11.8 mi
- Llewellyn Falls: 15.0 mi
- Sardine Falls: 15.1 mi
- Leavitt Falls: 17.7 mi
- Silver Falls: 18.1 mi
- Carson-Iceberg Wilderness: 6.6 mi
- Grover Hot Springs State Park: 20.6 mi
- Aspen Glen Reserve: 22.7 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 22.8 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 23.5 mi
- Bloods Point: 10.6 mi
- East Flange Rock: 12.5 mi
- Calaveras Dome: 20.1 mi
- Machado Postpile: 20.5 mi
- Hangman's Cave: 20.5 mi
- Old Jail: 14.9 mi
- Strawberry: 16.3 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 21.1 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 21.1 mi
- Iron Mountain Ski Resort: 24.2 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 15.9 mi
- Beach 1: 16.1 mi
- Beach 2: 16.1 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 6.0 mi
- Peep Sight: 6.2 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 19.9 mi
- Alpine County Museum: 20.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Dardanelles Cone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leavitt Peak | SE 124° | 3,516 m | 14.5 mi |
| Sonora Peak | ESE 105° | 3,484 m | 13.3 mi |
| White Mountain | E 97° | 3,470 m | 14.0 mi |
| Stanislaus Peak | E 97° | 3,426 m | 11.2 mi |
| Highland Peak | NNE 33° | 3,324 m | 11.5 mi |
| Whitecliff Peak | E 80° | 3,296 m | 12.6 mi |
| Relief Peak | SE 141° | 3,294 m | 14.9 mi |
| Wells Peak | E 92° | 3,294 m | 15.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:48 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 38 | 40 | 45 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 10.6 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 9.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Calaveras BIG Trees, 25 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 222012 — Dardanelles Cone, Alpine County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358764456
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