Lighting Mountain
Lighting Mountain rises to 2,835 m in California. Leavitt Peak stands 3,516 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Carson-Iceberg Wilderness, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 6.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Alpine County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49044184, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,835 m
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 16 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Airola Peak: 1.9 mi
- Arnot Peak: 2.1 mi
- Iceberg Peak: 2.2 mi
- Hiram Peak: 2.3 mi
- The Iceberg: 2.6 mi
- Salt Spring: 10.6 mi
- Grover Hot Springs: 17.4 mi
- Soda Spring: 17.5 mi
- Virgil Connell Spring: 19.0 mi
- Big Spring: 19.5 mi
- Douglas Picnic Ground: 7.7 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 13.9 mi
- Bridgeport: 15.6 mi
- Markleeville Library Park: 16.9 mi
- Elizabeth Coyan Park: 16.9 mi
- Carson Falls: 6.1 mi
- Llewellyn Falls: 9.7 mi
- Sardine Falls: 13.0 mi
- Silver Falls: 14.6 mi
- Leavitt Falls: 14.9 mi
- East Flange Rock: 14.3 mi
- Bloods Point: 14.6 mi
- Hangman's Cave: 16.7 mi
- Machado Postpile: 21.5 mi
- 4-second Climbing Area: 22.5 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 11.6 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 12.2 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 17.6 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Old Jail: 10.8 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 20.4 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 20.4 mi
- Strawberry: 21.5 mi
- Barney Riley: 22.7 mi
- Carson-Iceberg Wilderness: 1.2 mi
- Aspen Glen Reserve: 17.0 mi
- Grover Hot Springs State Park: 17.8 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 20.9 mi
- Beach 1: 21.0 mi
- Beach 2: 21.1 mi
- Peep Sight: 5.0 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 7.8 mi
- Alpine County Museum: 17.0 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Lighting Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leavitt Peak | SSE 148° | 3,516 m | 13.3 mi |
| Sonora Peak | SE 129° | 3,484 m | 10.3 mi |
| White Mountain | ESE 117° | 3,470 m | 10.3 mi |
| Stanislaus Peak | SE 125° | 3,426 m | 7.7 mi |
| Lost Cannon Peak | ESE 103° | 3,355 m | 13.0 mi |
| Highland Peak | NNE 13° | 3,324 m | 6.7 mi |
| Whitecliff Peak | E 97° | 3,296 m | 7.7 mi |
| Wells Peak | ESE 108° | 3,294 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:48 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
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 | 35 | 38 | 43 | 48 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Topaz Lake, 25 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 253268 — Lightning Mountian, Alpine County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358795438
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