Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain rises to 1,894 m in California. Mount Bruce stands 2,964 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Chowchilla Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q49039008, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,894 m
How to reach it
- 12.6 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 14 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chowchilla Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Devil Peak: 3.0 mi
- Crow Peak: 4.4 mi
- Pinoche Peak: 4.8 mi
- Kirby Peak: 5.0 mi
- Alder Creek Falls: 4.2 mi
- Lower Chilnualna Falls: 5.8 mi
- Chilnualna Fall: 6.4 mi
- Chinquapin Falls: 6.6 mi
- Chilnualna Creek Cascades: 6.7 mi
- Yosemite History Center: 4.9 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Museum: 7.5 mi
- Mariposa Grove Museum: 8.4 mi
- Thornberry Museum: 9.6 mi
- California State Mining and Mineral Museum: 13.9 mi
- Barrel Spring: 5.4 mi
- Cold Spring: 7.0 mi
- Fern Spring: 10.5 mi
- Moss Spring: 10.6 mi
- Black Spring: 10.9 mi
- Mariposa Welcome Plaza: 7.3 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 7.6 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 7.6 mi
- Grizzly Giant: 8.7 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 9.6 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
- Summit Meadow: 8.2 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 8.7 mi
- Gold Rush BBQ: 8.8 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- El Portal Park: 7.6 mi
- Midpines Park: 10.6 mi
- Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park: 13.3 mi
- Wassama Roundhouse State Historic Park: 13.7 mi
- Mariposa Art Park: 14.1 mi
- Rockslides: 11.2 mi
- Fireplace Bluffs: 11.2 mi
- Profile Cliff: 12.0 mi
- The Fissures: 12.0 mi
- Glacier Point: 14.0 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 6.8 mi
- September 11, 2001 Memorial: 14.1 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 14.4 mi
- Women's Club Building: 14.4 mi
- World Heritage Site: 14.5 mi
- Agua Fria: 16.8 mi
- Mount Ophir: 18.6 mi
- Cat Town: 20.1 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 12.7 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 21.2 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 17.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Iron Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bruce | E 83° | 2,964 m | 13.3 mi |
| Buena Vista Peak | E 83° | 2,956 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mount Raymond | ESE 113° | 2,650 m | 11.1 mi |
| White Chief Mountain | ESE 118° | 2,637 m | 12.4 mi |
| Ostrander Rocks | NE 44° | 2,482 m | 11.1 mi |
| Sentinel Dome | NE 38° | 2,475 m | 13.2 mi |
| Tempo Dome | NE 40° | 2,393 m | 7.0 mi |
| El Capitan | NNE 25° | 2,307 m | 12.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:04 | 16:45 |
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 | 36 | 36 | 39 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 65 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 7.6 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SO Entrance Yosemite NP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1658835 — Iron Mountain, Mariposa County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358806642
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 14 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 15 mi
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