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Lost Peak

Lost Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Lost Peak rises to 2,579 m in California. Mount Goddard stands 4,126 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Short Hair Creek Picnic Area, a picnic site 1.7 miles away.

The story

mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California

Wikidata Q49046947, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2579 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.04669, -118.96115

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 14
Springs: 14
Picnic sites: 12
  • Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
  • Helms Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
  • Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 3.2 mi
  • Mc Kinley Botanical Area: 8.3 mi
  • Dinkey Fisherman Picnic Site: 10.7 mi
Attractions: 10
  • John Muir Rock: 14.0 mi
  • Whitewater Voyages Headquarters: 15.6 mi
  • Zephyr Headquarters: 15.6 mi
  • Chicago Stump: 17.6 mi
  • Rock Monster: 19.5 mi
Parks: 8
Cliffs: 6
Historic sites: 5
  • Qualls Camp: 10.5 mi
  • Blue Canyon Cabin: 12.6 mi
  • 786 Squadron Memorial: 18.1 mi
  • Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 22.3 mi
  • China Camp: 23.2 mi
Beaches: 2
Museums: 1
  • Museum of the Sierra: 20.1 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 24.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Lost Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount GoddardENE 74°4,126 m13.9 mi
Mount McGeeENE 63°3,938 m13.8 mi
Mount ReinsteinE 79°3,841.8 m12.5 mi
Emerald PeakNE 53°3,824 m13.6 mi
Peter PeakENE 60°3,800 m13.7 mi
Finger PeakE 95°3,779.7 m12.8 mi
Mount HenryNE 38°3,713 m12.0 mi
Red MountainNE 51°3,645.1 m11.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3419:08
June solstice05:3719:4120:20
September equinox06:4418:2018:54
December solstice07:0616:0316:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464853586573818176665345
Precip in5.64.95.12.61.40.40.20.00.21.42.14.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Balch PWR House, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358798652

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