Mount Patterson
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Mount Patterson rises to 3,552 m in California. Eagle Peak stands 3,603 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Wheeler Peak, a peak 1.5 miles away. Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway passes 22 miles off.
The story
Mount Patterson is a mountain peak located in Mono County, California. The summit is 11,654 feet (3,552 m) in elevation making it the highest mountain in the Sweetwater Mountains.
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Wikidata Q49053948, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,552 m
How to reach it
- 22.4 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
- 26.3 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Wheeler Peak: 1.5 mi
- South Sister: 3.2 mi
- Middle Sister: 5.0 mi
- East Sister: 6.0 mi
- Round Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Clinton Spring: 3.5 mi
- Lava Springs: 5.3 mi
- Long Doctor Spring: 7.1 mi
- Fourth of July Spring: 7.9 mi
- Rye Grass Spring: 8.4 mi
- Nugent Cabin: 2.7 mi
- Clinton: 3.7 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 13.8 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 20.8 mi
- Hoye Bridge: 21.2 mi
- Sweetwater: 7.3 mi
- Masonic: 11.6 mi
- Rockland: 18.8 mi
- Dog Town: 19.3 mi
- Pine Grove: 19.4 mi
- Silver Falls: 14.6 mi
- Leavitt Falls: 16.1 mi
- Llewellyn Falls: 16.3 mi
- Sardine Falls: 19.3 mi
- Carson Falls: 20.7 mi
- Mountain Gate Park: 9.3 mi
- Walker Community Park: 10.8 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 12.8 mi
- Bridgeport: 12.9 mi
- Topaz Lake Park: 21.4 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 7.8 mi
- Walker River Hot Spring: 18.0 mi
- Booker Hot Spring: 18.3 mi
- Mono County Museum: 13.1 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 13.1 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 22.2 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 8.2 mi
- The Elbow: 14.3 mi
- Locomotive Point: 13.4 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 22.3 mi
- Aspen Glen Reserve: 12.7 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 14.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Mount Patterson. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Peak | SSW 198° | 3,603 m | 18.6 mi |
| Hunewill Peak | SSW 201° | 3,562 m | 20.6 mi |
| Victoria Peak | SSW 199° | 3,561 m | 19.6 mi |
| Wheeler Peak | SE 144° | 3,545 m | 1.5 mi |
| Walker Mountain | SSW 213° | 3,524 m | 16.6 mi |
| Leavitt Peak | WSW 241° | 3,516 m | 21.4 mi |
| Hanna Mountain | SSW 210° | 3,491 m | 19.7 mi |
| Mount Walt | SSW 195° | 3,487 m | 22.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:46 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 36 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 64 | 62 | 56 | 45 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridgeport, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358799044
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