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Montgomery Peak

Montgomery Peak, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates37.83826, -118.35678

74 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 38
Springs: 22
Ghost towns: 5
Historic sites: 3
  • Cabin: 4.3 mi
  • Cousin Jack: 4.6 mi
  • Champion Spark Plug Mine High Camp: 15.1 mi
Parks: 3
  • Ida Lynn Parkinson Park: 6.8 mi
  • Fish Lake Valley Park: 17.5 mi
  • Chalfant Park: 21.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Fish Lake Valley Hot Well: 20.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Patriarch Grove Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
White Mountain PeakSSE 159°4,344 m15.2 mi
The JumpoffS 172°4,126 m1.8 mi
Mount DuboisS 169°4,126 m3.9 mi
Boundary PeakNNE 29°4,007 m0.6 mi
Mount BarcroftSSE 161°3,979 m18.7 mi
Mount HogueSSE 159°3,884 m7.9 mi
Headley PeakSSE 160°3,858 m11.1 mi
Piute MountainSSE 162°3,827 m21.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3119:06
June solstice05:3219:4020:20
September equinox06:4218:1718:52
December solstice07:0615:5716:38

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323744505968757264524031
Precip in0.60.70.40.50.60.40.40.30.30.40.30.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dyer 5S, 25 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358798863

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