Disaster Peak
Disaster Peak rises to 3,053 m in California. Leavitt Peak stands 3,516 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is The Iceberg, a peak 1.7 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 7.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49024981, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3053 m
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 28.6 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 19 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Iceberg: 1.7 mi
- Arnot Peak: 2.2 mi
- Boulder Peak: 2.5 mi
- Lighting Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Hiram Peak: 4.3 mi
- Salt Spring: 11.5 mi
- Virgil Connell Spring: 17.7 mi
- Grover Hot Springs: 18.1 mi
- Soda Spring: 18.2 mi
- Big Spring: 18.2 mi
- Douglas Picnic Ground: 8.0 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 11.4 mi
- Bridgeport: 13.2 mi
- Walker Community Park: 14.4 mi
- Mountain Gate Park: 15.9 mi
- Carson Falls: 3.9 mi
- Llewellyn Falls: 7.0 mi
- Sardine Falls: 11.4 mi
- Silver Falls: 12.4 mi
- Leavitt Falls: 12.9 mi
- Old Jail: 11.0 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 21.9 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 21.9 mi
- Barney Riley: 22.1 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 22.5 mi
- East Flange Rock: 14.4 mi
- Hangman's Cave: 16.8 mi
- Bloods Point: 17.3 mi
- 4-second Climbing Area: 23.1 mi
- Machado Postpile: 23.5 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 14.2 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 14.8 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 15.0 mi
- Carson-Iceberg Wilderness: 2.7 mi
- Aspen Glen Reserve: 14.6 mi
- Grover Hot Springs State Park: 18.5 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 22.4 mi
- Beach 1: 22.6 mi
- Beach 2: 22.6 mi
- Peep Sight: 7.3 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 8.7 mi
- Alpine County Museum: 17.2 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 19.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Disaster Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leavitt Peak | SSE 158° | 3,516 m | 12.1 mi |
| Sonora Peak | SE 141° | 3,484 m | 8.4 mi |
| White Mountain | SE 126° | 3,470 m | 8.0 mi |
| Stanislaus Peak | SE 141° | 3,426 m | 5.7 mi |
| Lost Cannon Peak | ESE 106° | 3,355 m | 10.5 mi |
| Highland Peak | N 350° | 3,324 m | 6.7 mi |
| Molo Mountain | SSE 164° | 3,302 m | 15.4 mi |
| Whitecliff Peak | E 100° | 3,296 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:47 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
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 | 35 | 38 | 43 | 48 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Topaz Lake, 23 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358764773
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