Mineral Mountain
Mineral Mountain rises to 2,718 m in California. Leavitt Peak stands 3,516 m to the south, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Soda Cone, a peak 1.3 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 8.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49050495, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2718 m
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 20.8 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 26 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Soda Cone: 1.3 mi
- Antelope Peak: 5.3 mi
- Whitecliff Peak: 6.3 mi
- Boulder Peak: 6.4 mi
- Fish Valley Peak: 6.9 mi
- Virgil Connell Spring: 10.7 mi
- Big Spring: 11.5 mi
- Indian Spring: 12.2 mi
- Wild Horse Spring: 12.5 mi
- Indian Spring: 13.1 mi
- Walker Community Park: 7.9 mi
- Mountain Gate Park: 9.5 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 10.4 mi
- Topaz Lake Park: 13.0 mi
- Bridgeport: 13.0 mi
- Old Jail: 9.5 mi
- Barney Riley: 16.6 mi
- Hoye Bridge: 17.5 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 18.8 mi
- Nugent Cabin: 19.5 mi
- Carson Falls: 4.1 mi
- Llewellyn Falls: 4.7 mi
- Silver Falls: 13.2 mi
- Leavitt Falls: 14.7 mi
- Sardine Falls: 15.0 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 10.5 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 20.1 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 20.9 mi
- Hangman's Cave: 13.7 mi
- 4-second Climbing Area: 20.8 mi
- East Flange Rock: 21.1 mi
- Bloods Point: 23.5 mi
- Aspen Glen Reserve: 7.2 mi
- Carson-Iceberg Wilderness: 9.3 mi
- Grover Hot Springs State Park: 17.0 mi
- Peep Sight: 12.7 mi
- Alpine County Museum: 14.4 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 16.3 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 17.2 mi
- Sweetwater: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Mineral Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leavitt Peak | S 185° | 3,516 m | 16.6 mi |
| Sonora Peak | S 183° | 3,484 m | 11.9 mi |
| White Mountain | S 177° | 3,470 m | 10.1 mi |
| South Sister | E 100° | 3,463 m | 17.8 mi |
| Stanislaus Peak | SSW 193° | 3,426 m | 10.1 mi |
| Lost Cannon Peak | SSE 154° | 3,355 m | 9.3 mi |
| Highland Peak | W 280° | 3,324 m | 7.2 mi |
| Whitecliff Peak | S 188° | 3,296 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:47 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:00 | 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, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358798828
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