Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain rises to 2,916 m in California. White Mountain Peak stands 4,344 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Sage Hen Peak, a peak 1.0 miles away. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Mono County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49039012, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,916 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sage Hen Peak: 1.0 mi
- Red Peak: 2.1 mi
- Station Peak: 2.6 mi
- Bucks Peak: 3.5 mi
- Index Hill: 4.3 mi
- Cedar Spring: 5.2 mi
- Goat Spring: 7.6 mi
- Coldwater Spring: 7.9 mi
- Cuna Spring: 9.9 mi
- Sam's Spring: 10.5 mi
- Fish Lake Valley Park: 14.4 mi
- Chalfant Park: 16.4 mi
- Bishop City Park: 19.5 mi
- Tri County Fairgrounds: 19.6 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 22.0 mi
- Cabin: 9.6 mi
- Champion Spark Plug Mine High Camp: 16.2 mi
- Nivloc Mill Site: 23.4 mi
- Nivloc Mine Water tank: 23.4 mi
- Zurich: 23.5 mi
- White Mountain City: 6.7 mi
- Fish Lake Valley: 14.3 mi
- Palmetto: 20.9 mi
- Arlemont: 23.2 mi
- Patriarch Grove Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
- Schulman Grove Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 13.4 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 16.2 mi
- American Mule Museum: 19.6 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 20.8 mi
- Methuselah: 9.1 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 19.4 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Iron Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Mountain Peak | NW 315° | 4,344 m | 14.2 mi |
| Mount Barcroft | NW 304° | 3,979 m | 11.6 mi |
| Mount Hogue | NW 323° | 3,884 m | 21.1 mi |
| Headley Peak | NW 320° | 3,858 m | 18.1 mi |
| Piute Mountain | WNW 291° | 3,827 m | 9.4 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | WNW 289° | 3,810 m | 8.4 mi |
| Campito Mountain | W 276° | 3,522 m | 7.1 mi |
| Indian Peak | NW 317° | 3,443 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:38 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 15:57 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 37 | 44 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dyer 5S, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358798303
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