Dunderberg Peak
Dunderberg Peak rises to 3,774 m in California. Mount Conness stands 3,825 m to the south-southwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Epidote Peak, a peak 1.7 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 11 miles off.
The story
Dunderberg Peak is located east of the Sierra Nevada crest near the divide between the Mono Basin and East Walker River basin (Conway Summit) in Mono County, in eastern California in the southwestern United States. The peak is in the Hoover Wilderness and is the highest point in Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
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Wikidata Q14681885, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3774 m
How to reach it
- 10.6 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 10 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 13 mi
- Lembert Dome · 13 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Epidote Peak: 1.7 mi
- Black Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Page Peaks East: 1.9 mi
- Page Peaks West: 2.0 mi
- Gabbro Peak: 2.2 mi
- Jordan Spring: 3.5 mi
- Mono Vista Spring: 8.0 mi
- Rancheria Gulch Spring: 8.3 mi
- Coyote Spring: 11.0 mi
- The Hot Springs: 11.5 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 7.7 mi
- White Cascade: 13.4 mi
- Tuolumne Falls: 13.5 mi
- California Falls: 13.7 mi
- LeConte Falls: 13.7 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 6.1 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 7.6 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 8.8 mi
- Lee Vining: 11.3 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 12.4 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 3.0 mi
- Dog Town: 8.4 mi
- Bennettville: 8.8 mi
- Bodie: 17.5 mi
- Mono Mills: 21.1 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 7.9 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 11.1 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 14.1 mi
- Bodie State Historic Park: 17.7 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 22.4 mi
- Upside-Down House: 11.2 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 13.0 mi
- South Tufa Area: 15.8 mi
- Navy Beach: 16.3 mi
- Perched Boulder: 22.3 mi
- Danburg Beach: 8.3 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 14.0 mi
- Navy Beach: 16.2 mi
- June Lake Beach: 21.8 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 11.1 mi
- Mono County Museum: 13.5 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 13.5 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 17.4 mi
- Dore Cliff: 4.9 mi
- Locomotive Point: 16.6 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 18.3 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Warm Springs: 20.2 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 20.9 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Dunderberg Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Conness | SSW 201° | 3,825 m | 7.2 mi |
| Excelsior Mountain | SSW 211° | 3,791 m | 3.2 mi |
| Mount Warren | SSE 152° | 3,758 m | 5.9 mi |
| Twin Peaks | WNW 286° | 3,756 m | 4.8 mi |
| Matterhorn Peak | WNW 289° | 3,749.3 m | 6.2 mi |
| Twin Peaks-East Peak | WNW 286° | 3,731 m | 4.5 mi |
| North Peak | SSW 201° | 3,728 m | 6.1 mi |
| The Dragtooth | WNW 291° | 3,695.4 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:00 | 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 | 31 | 33 | 39 | 45 | 53 | 62 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 51 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LEE Vining, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 259613 — Dunderberg Peak, Mono County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358797643
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 15 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 27 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 28 mi
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