Mount Olsen
Mount Olsen rises to 3,368 m in California. Mount Dana stands 3,976 m to the south, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 8.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49053881, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,368 m
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 8 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 11 mi
- Lembert Dome · 12 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Gilcrest Peak: 2.2 mi
- Dunderberg Peak: 2.3 mi
- Mount Scowden: 2.4 mi
- Copper Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Jordan Spring: 2.1 mi
- Mono Vista Spring: 6.0 mi
- Rancheria Gulch Spring: 7.5 mi
- Coyote Spring: 10.3 mi
- Warm Spring: 13.0 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 4.5 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 6.9 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 8.2 mi
- Lee Vining: 9.1 mi
- Ghost Cabin: 12.6 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 10.0 mi
- White Cascade: 13.2 mi
- Tuolumne Falls: 13.2 mi
- California Falls: 13.7 mi
- LeConte Falls: 13.9 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 4.4 mi
- Bennettville: 7.2 mi
- Dog Town: 9.3 mi
- Bodie: 17.3 mi
- Mono Mills: 18.8 mi
- Upside-Down House: 8.9 mi
- South Tufa Area: 13.6 mi
- Navy Beach: 14.1 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 14.3 mi
- Perched Boulder: 20.1 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 5.8 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 8.8 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 11.9 mi
- Bodie State Historic Park: 17.5 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 20.3 mi
- Dore Cliff: 3.5 mi
- Locomotive Point: 17.6 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 18.1 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 24.3 mi
- Danburg Beach: 6.2 mi
- Navy Beach: 14.0 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 15.3 mi
- June Lake Beach: 19.6 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 8.9 mi
- Mono County Museum: 14.9 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 14.9 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 17.3 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
- Warm Springs: 18.5 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 23.0 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Mount Olsen. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Dana | S 172° | 3,976 m | 9.8 mi |
| Mount Gibbs | S 171° | 3,893 m | 11.5 mi |
| Mount Conness | SW 219° | 3,825 m | 6.6 mi |
| Excelsior Mountain | WSW 251° | 3,791 m | 3.5 mi |
| Dunderberg Peak | NW 316° | 3,774 m | 2.3 mi |
| Mount Warren | SSE 161° | 3,758 m | 3.7 mi |
| Twin Peaks | WNW 296° | 3,756 m | 6.8 mi |
| Matterhorn Peak | WNW 296° | 3,749 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:44 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:00 | 16:41 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 39 | 45 | 53 | 62 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 51 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LEE Vining, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 264350 — Mount Olsen, Mono County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358798979
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 13 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 27 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 28 mi
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