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Iron Mountain

Iron Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Iron Mountain rises to 2,794 m in California. Merced Peak stands 3,575 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is White Chief Mountain, a peak 2.5 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 23 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Madera County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5359726.

Wikidata Q49039004, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2,794 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.48145, -119.48955

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 42
Picnic sites: 13
Cliffs: 13
Attractions: 11
Parks: 10
Springs: 10
Historic sites: 10
Nature reserves: 4
Natural arches: 1
  • Arch Rock: 12.0 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Oakhurst Mural: 13.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • free natural hot pool: 24.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Iron Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Merced PeakNNE3,575 m11.8 mi
Red PeakNNE3,567 m12.7 mi
Triple Divide PeakNNE3,533 m12.3 mi
Gray PeakNNE3,526 m13.8 mi
Mount ClarkNNE3,512 m15.2 mi
Ottoway PeakNNE3,512 m12.3 mi
Post PeakNE3,354 m13.4 mi
Isberg PeakNE3,352 m14.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3619:10
June solstice05:3819:4420:23
September equinox06:4718:2218:56
December solstice07:1016:0316:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363639435059656560514235
Precip in7.66.75.23.41.90.50.20.10.52.23.35.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SO Entrance Yosemite NP, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358768083

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