Eagle Peak
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Eagle Peak rises to 3,603 m in California. Twin Peaks stands 3,756 m to the south-southeast, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Victoria Peak, a peak 1.2 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 20 miles off.
The story
Eagle Peak is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada of Mono County, California. The summit is set in Hoover Wilderness on land managed by Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest. Eagle Peak is the highest peak on Buckeye Ridge. Other peaks on this ridge include Hunewill Peak and Victoria Peak. The first ascent of Eagle Peak was made September 1905 by George Davis, A. H. Sylvester, and Pearson Chapman of the United States Geological Survey.
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Wikidata Q49026591, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3603 m
How to reach it
- 20.2 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 20 mi
- Lembert Dome · 21 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 22 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Victoria Peak: 1.2 mi
- Robinson Peak: 1.6 mi
- Hunewill Peak: 2.4 mi
- Ink Rocks North: 3.8 mi
- Ink Rocks South: 3.8 mi
- Buck Springs: 6.9 mi
- Doe Springs: 7.4 mi
- The Hot Springs: 10.8 mi
- The Hot Springs: 10.9 mi
- The Hot Springs: 11.0 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 3.2 mi
- Cascade Falls: 8.3 mi
- Leavitt Falls: 12.8 mi
- Silver Falls: 13.6 mi
- Sardine Falls: 14.6 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 5.8 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 12.3 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 16.1 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 19.1 mi
- Clinton: 20.2 mi
- Bridgeport: 13.6 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 16.3 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 18.4 mi
- Bodie State Historic Park: 21.7 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 21.8 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 10.1 mi
- Dog Town: 11.5 mi
- Bennettville: 18.6 mi
- Masonic: 20.4 mi
- Bodie: 21.6 mi
- Mono County Museum: 11.0 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 11.1 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 21.6 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 21.9 mi
- Dore Cliff: 15.0 mi
- Locomotive Point: 15.6 mi
- East Flange Rock: 20.2 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 22.3 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 11.9 mi
- Upside-Down House: 21.9 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 24.0 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 12.7 mi
- Danburg Beach: 18.7 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 11.8 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 18.7 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Eagle Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Peaks | SSE 158° | 3,756 m | 7.2 mi |
| Matterhorn Peak | SSE 166° | 3,749.3 m | 6.2 mi |
| Twin Peaks-East Peak | SSE 156° | 3,731 m | 7.3 mi |
| The Dragtooth | SSE 167° | 3,695.4 m | 5.8 mi |
| Whorl Mountain | S 169° | 3,667 m | 7.4 mi |
| Virginia Peak | SSE 161° | 3,657 m | 8.3 mi |
| Cleaver Peak | S 172° | 3,616.8 m | 5.2 mi |
| Blacksmith Peak | S 173° | 3,616.3 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:45 | 20:25 |
| 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: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 36 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 64 | 62 | 56 | 45 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridgeport, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358765047
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 24 mi
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