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Mount Bolton Brown

Mount Bolton Brown, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Bolton Brown rises to 4,124 m in California. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the northwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Prater, a peak 0.7 miles away.

The story

Mount Bolton Brown is a 13,491-foot-elevation (4,112-meter) mountain summit located on the shared border of Fresno County and Inyo County in California, United States.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q49052100, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
4124.3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.04613, -118.44103

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 28
Historic sites: 14
  • Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 11.9 mi
  • Monola: 12.8 mi
  • Aberdeen Station: 13.3 mi
  • Zurich: 13.7 mi
  • Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 14.1 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • First Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Second Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Triple Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Upper Gardiner Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Lower Gardiner Falls: 15.8 mi
Parks: 10
Museums: 5
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Rock Monster: 10.8 mi
  • Saline Valley Road OHV Trailhead: 22.3 mi
  • John Muir Rock: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Bishop Community Garden: 22.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Mount Bolton Brown. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North PalisadeNW 309°4,343 m5.2 mi
Starlight PeakNW 310°4,323.7 m5.3 mi
Mount SillNW 315°4,316 m4.9 mi
Polemonium PeakNW 310°4,298.2 m5.1 mi
Middle PalisadeNW 317°4,278.2 m2.3 mi
Split MountainSSE 149°4,269 m2.0 mi
Thunderbolt PeakNW 310°4,268 m5.5 mi
Disappointment PeakNW 316°4,258.6 m2.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:06
June solstice05:3519:3920:18
September equinox06:4218:1818:52
December solstice07:0416:0116:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444754606979858376645243
Precip in1.40.90.70.20.10.10.10.10.10.20.50.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 22 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 254644 — Mount Bolton Brown, Fresno County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358796006

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