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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.

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Wikidata Q49052100, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
4,124.3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.04613, -118.44103

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 27
Historic sites: 13
  • 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
Ghost towns: 3
Attractions: 2
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 PalisadeNW4,343 m5.2 mi
Starlight PeakNW4,324 m5.3 mi
Mount SillNW4,316 m4.9 mi
Polemonium PeakNW4,298 m5.1 mi
Middle PalisadeNW4,278 m2.3 mi
Split MountainSSE4,269 m2.0 mi
Thunderbolt PeakNW4,268 m5.5 mi
Disappointment PeakNW4,259 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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