Laurel Mountain
Laurel Mountain rises to 3,604 m in California. Mount Mills stands 4,102 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Sevehah Cliff, a cliff 0.6 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 29 miles off.
The story
Laurel Mountain is a peak in Mono County, California. It lies in the Sherwin Range of the Sierra Nevada and is in the Inyo National Forest and the John Muir Wilderness. It reaches a height of 11,818 feet (3,602 m) and is largely composed of metamorphic rock caused by contact with an intruding pluton in the late Cretaceous.
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Wikidata Q6499918, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,604 m
How to reach it
- 29.5 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Disappearing Meadows · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bloody Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Mono Jim Peak: 2.2 mi
- Mount Morrison: 2.2 mi
- Mini Morrison: 2.4 mi
- Mount Morrison South Summit: 2.6 mi
- Buzztail Spring: 4.6 mi
- Antelope Spring: 7.0 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 7.8 mi
- Layton Springs: 9.9 mi
- Reds Meadow Hot Springs: 10.3 mi
- Convict Lake: 2.4 mi
- Mammoth Elementary School (Historic Location): 4.3 mi
- Pumphouse: 5.3 mi
- Air Compressor: 5.4 mi
- Bunkhouses: 5.4 mi
- Sevehah Cliff: 0.6 mi
- The Buttresses: 10.9 mi
- Vermilion Cliffs: 11.1 mi
- Junction Bluffs: 12.8 mi
- The Wave: 14.4 mi
- Trails End Park: 5.2 mi
- Mammoth Creek Park West: 5.6 mi
- Valentine Reserve Ecological Study Area: 6.6 mi
- Community Center Park: 7.1 mi
- Crowley Park: 7.7 mi
- Hot Creek Geological Site: 6.6 mi
- Shepherd Hot Springs: 7.7 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 7.7 mi
- Little Creek Hot Springs: 8.0 mi
- Alkali Hot Springs: 8.6 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 4.5 mi
- Twin Falls: 6.8 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 10.6 mi
- Lower Rainbow Falls: 10.9 mi
- Minarets Falls: 11.6 mi
- Crowley Lake Stone Columns: 9.6 mi
- Devils Postpile: 11.0 mi
- Perched Boulder: 17.2 mi
- Mono Hot Springs Resort: 18.8 mi
- Minaret Vista Picnic: 10.7 mi
- Mono Creek Picnic Site: 16.3 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Casa Diablo: 18.5 mi
- Mono Mills: 21.6 mi
- Mammoth Museum: 5.5 mi
- Crestview Rest Area: 11.2 mi
- June Lake Beach: 17.7 mi
- Arch Rock: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Laurel Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Mills | SSE 157° | 4,102 m | 14.0 mi |
| Ruby Peak | SSE 153° | 4,021 m | 13.3 mi |
| Red Slate Mountain | SSE 166° | 4,005 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mount Morgan | SE 128° | 3,962 m | 7.7 mi |
| Esha Peak | SE 132° | 3,953 m | 7.3 mi |
| Red and White Mountain | SSE 165° | 3,908 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Stanford | SE 140° | 3,908 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Starr | SSE 147° | 3,906 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:42 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:00 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 29 | 34 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 63 | 62 | 56 | 46 | 36 | 29 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mammoth Lakes RS, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358798464
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