Lookout Mountain
Lookout Mountain rises to 1,249 m in California. Telescope Peak stands 3,369 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Thompson Spring, a spring 1.2 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 6.4 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49046575, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,249 m
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Padre Point · 9 mi
- Father Crowley Vista Point- Rainbow Canyon · 9 mi
- Father Crowley Vista Point · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Thompson Spring: 1.2 mi
- Jack Gunn Spring: 1.3 mi
- French Madam Spring: 1.6 mi
- Miller's Spring: 6.0 mi
- China Garden Spring: 6.7 mi
- Ash Hill: 2.2 mi
- Zinc Hill: 4.5 mi
- Maturango Peak: 9.0 mi
- Ophir Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Lake Hill: 10.1 mi
- Osborn Cabin: 2.5 mi
- Kopper Cabin: 13.4 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 14.6 mi
- Viking/Talc Queen Camp: 16.5 mi
- Reilly Site: 16.9 mi
- Darwin: 8.2 mi
- Coso: 12.0 mi
- Ballarat: 18.4 mi
- Skidoo: 21.3 mi
- Panamint City: 21.5 mi
- Madonna: 8.3 mi
- Egg: 8.3 mi
- Not A Through Street: 8.3 mi
- F-14 Tomcat airplane: 7.1 mi
- Chinook helicopter: 7.1 mi
- Darwin Falls: 6.8 mi
- Darwin community garden: 8.2 mi
- Bircham Springs Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Telephone Arch: 21.5 mi
- Death Valley National Park: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lookout Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telescope Peak | ESE 104° | 3,369 m | 20.6 mi |
| Rogers Peak | E 95° | 3,045 m | 20.2 mi |
| Bennett Peak | E 97° | 3,027 m | 20.0 mi |
| Sentinel Peak | ESE 116° | 2,936 m | 23.0 mi |
| Wildrose Peak | E 84° | 2,763 m | 20.6 mi |
| Maturango Peak | SSW 198° | 2,670 m | 9.0 mi |
| Parkinson Peak | SSW 193° | 2,662 m | 10.1 mi |
| Parrot Point | S 190° | 2,540 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:33 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:14 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 15:59 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Haiwee, 29 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 245101 — Lookout Mountain, Inyo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358788095
Day trips start here
- Death Valley National Park · 24 mi
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