Montgomery Peak
Montgomery Peak rises to 4,098 m in California. White Mountain Peak stands 4,344 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Boundary Peak, a peak 0.6 miles away. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.
The story
Montgomery Peak is a mountain in the White Mountains of California, USA. It is less than 1 mile (1.6 km) from Boundary Peak, the highest point in Nevada. It is taller than Boundary Peak, which, with a prominence of 253 feet (77 m), is usually considered a sub-peak of Montgomery Peak. Montgomery can be climbed in combination with Boundary Peak. The two peaks are in the Inyo National Forest and White Mountains Wilderness. Montgomery Peak is in Mono County (California), and Boundary Peak is in Esmeralda County, in Nevada.
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Wikidata Q6905765, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4098 m
How to reach it
74 named places within 25 miles
- Boundary Peak: 0.6 mi
- The Jumpoff: 1.8 mi
- Buffalo Point: 3.1 mi
- Mount Dubois: 3.9 mi
- Kennedy Point: 4.0 mi
- Orchard Spring: 4.4 mi
- Pinchot Springs: 6.4 mi
- Truman Spring: 9.5 mi
- Benton Hot Springs Source: 9.9 mi
- Yellowjacket Spring: 11.1 mi
- State Line: 6.7 mi
- Basalt: 12.6 mi
- Arlemont: 15.2 mi
- Fish Lake Valley: 18.2 mi
- Casa Diablo: 20.6 mi
- Cabin: 4.3 mi
- Cousin Jack: 4.6 mi
- Champion Spark Plug Mine High Camp: 15.1 mi
- Ida Lynn Parkinson Park: 6.8 mi
- Fish Lake Valley Park: 17.5 mi
- Chalfant Park: 21.6 mi
- Fish Lake Valley Hot Well: 20.4 mi
- Patriarch Grove Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
- Upper Gorge: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Montgomery Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Mountain Peak | SSE 159° | 4,344 m | 15.2 mi |
| The Jumpoff | S 172° | 4,126 m | 1.8 mi |
| Mount Dubois | S 169° | 4,126 m | 3.9 mi |
| Boundary Peak | NNE 29° | 4,007 m | 0.6 mi |
| Mount Barcroft | SSE 161° | 3,979 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Hogue | SSE 159° | 3,884 m | 7.9 mi |
| Headley Peak | SSE 160° | 3,858 m | 11.1 mi |
| Piute Mountain | SSE 162° | 3,827 m | 21.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:40 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:57 | 16:38 |
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 | 32 | 37 | 44 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dyer 5S, 25 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358798863
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