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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
2794 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.48145, -119.48955

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 43
Picnic sites: 13
Cliffs: 13
Attractions: 12
Historic sites: 11
Parks: 10
Springs: 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 PeakNNE 26°3,575.4 m11.8 mi
Red PeakNNE 20°3,566.6 m12.7 mi
Triple Divide PeakNNE 32°3,533 m12.3 mi
Gray PeakNNE 16°3,525.5 m13.8 mi
Mount ClarkNNE 13°3,512 m15.2 mi
Ottoway PeakNNE 25°3,511.6 m12.3 mi
Post PeakNE 41°3,354 m13.4 mi
Isberg PeakNE 38°3,352 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 5080 °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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