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Deer Mountain

Deer Mountain, a peak in California
Deer Mountain, a peak in CaliforniaDaniel Mayer (mav) · CC BY-SA 3.0

Deer Mountain rises to 2,666 m in California. Mount Ritter stands 4,007 m to the west, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Inyo Craters, a peak 0.3 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 19 miles off.

The story

mountain in Mono County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q35737304, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2666 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.69854, -119.01208

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 28
Historic sites: 20
  • Mill City Mine: 5.5 mi
  • Julia E. Townsend Memorial: 5.5 mi
  • Assay Office: 7.3 mi
  • Mahan Cabin: 7.3 mi
  • Air Compressor: 7.4 mi
Hot springs: 12
  • free natural hot pool: 6.4 mi
  • Hot Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Little Creek Hot Springs: 9.3 mi
  • Hot Creek Geological Site: 10.4 mi
  • Iva Bell Hot Springs: 11.4 mi
Parks: 10
Waterfalls: 9
Cliffs: 7
Attractions: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Minaret Vista Picnic: 3.9 mi
  • Gull Lake Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
  • Mono Creek Picnic Site: 23.5 mi
Beaches: 3
Museums: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Arch Rock: 22.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Deer Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount RitterW 266°4,007 m10.3 mi
Banner PeakW 269°3,940 m10.0 mi
Mount WoodNW 312°3,858 m11.4 mi
Bloody MountainSSE 149°3,825 m11.1 mi
Clyde MinaretWSW 253°3,738 m9.2 mi
Michael MinaretWSW 254°3,736 m9.5 mi
Ken MinaretWSW 252°3,730 m9.3 mi
Rice MinaretWSW 255°3,730 m9.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3419:08
June solstice05:3519:4320:22
September equinox06:4518:2018:55
December solstice07:0816:0016:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F292934394756636256463629
Precip in4.23.83.31.51.50.50.50.50.51.42.04.1

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 259244 — Deer Mountain, Mono County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358797524

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