Gilcrest Peak
Gilcrest Peak rises to 3,528 m in California. Mount Dana stands 3,976 m to the south, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Warren, a peak 1.5 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 7.0 miles off.
The story
Gilcrest Peak is an 11,575-foot-elevation (3,528-meter) summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Mono County of northern California, United States. The mountain is set within the Hoover Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest. Gilcrest Peak is situated 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of line parent Mount Warren, 1.6 miles (2.6 km) east of Mount Scowden, and 3.2 miles (5.1 km) southeast of Black Mountain. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises nearly 3,800 feet (1,200 meters) above Lundy Lake in one mile. Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains to Lundy Lake, Mill Creek, and ultimately Mono Lake. The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.
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Wikidata Q49031466, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3528 m
How to reach it
- 7.0 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 6 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 10 mi
- Lembert Dome · 11 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Warren: 1.5 mi
- Mount Scowden: 1.6 mi
- Mount Olsen: 2.2 mi
- Copper Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Lee Vining Peak: 3.2 mi
- Jordan Spring: 3.3 mi
- Mono Vista Spring: 5.0 mi
- Rancheria Gulch Spring: 8.3 mi
- Coyote Spring: 10.9 mi
- Soda Springs: 11.8 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 12.0 mi
- White Cascade: 12.5 mi
- Tuolumne Falls: 12.5 mi
- California Falls: 13.2 mi
- LeConte Falls: 13.5 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 4.5 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 4.8 mi
- Lee Vining: 7.2 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 9.9 mi
- Ghost Cabin: 10.5 mi
- Dore Cliff: 2.3 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 19.0 mi
- Locomotive Point: 19.4 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 23.0 mi
- The Alcove: 23.1 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 4.8 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 7.0 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 10.2 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 18.0 mi
- Bodie State Historic Park: 18.5 mi
- Upside-Down House: 7.0 mi
- South Tufa Area: 12.0 mi
- Navy Beach: 12.4 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 16.2 mi
- Perched Boulder: 17.9 mi
- Bennettville: 5.3 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 6.5 mi
- Dog Town: 11.1 mi
- Mono Mills: 17.0 mi
- Bodie: 18.3 mi
- Danburg Beach: 5.1 mi
- Navy Beach: 12.3 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 16.0 mi
- June Lake Beach: 17.4 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 7.0 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 17.0 mi
- Mono County Museum: 17.0 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 18.2 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- Warm Springs: 17.7 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 20.8 mi
- Crestview Rest Area: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Gilcrest Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Dana | S 176° | 3,976 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Gibbs | S 174° | 3,893 m | 9.3 mi |
| Mount Conness | WSW 238° | 3,825 m | 5.8 mi |
| Excelsior Mountain | WNW 283° | 3,791 m | 4.2 mi |
| Dunderberg Peak | NNW 327° | 3,774 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount Lewis | S 169° | 3,765 m | 11.8 mi |
| Mount Warren | SSE 166° | 3,758 m | 1.5 mi |
| Twin Peaks | NW 306° | 3,756 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:44 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:00 | 16:41 |
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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1658610 — Gilcrest Peak, Mono County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358806467
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 12 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 26 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 27 mi
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