Mount Prater
Mount Prater rises to 4,107 m in California. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the northwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Bolton Brown, a peak 0.7 miles away.
The story
Mount Prater is a 13,471-foot-elevation (4,106-meter) mountain summit located on the shared border of Fresno County and Inyo County in California, United States.
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Wikidata Q49054206, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,107 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Bolton Brown: 0.7 mi
- Split Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Birch Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Mount Tinemaha: 2.1 mi
- The Thumb: 2.5 mi
- Grouse Spring: 7.3 mi
- Scotty Spring: 9.2 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 9.7 mi
- Fish Springs: 10.6 mi
- Big Seeley Spring: 11.6 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 11.3 mi
- Aberdeen Station: 12.8 mi
- Monola: 12.9 mi
- Prospect: 13.8 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 13.8 mi
- First Falls: 6.1 mi
- Second Falls: 6.8 mi
- Triple Falls: 7.6 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 15.1 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 15.1 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 12.0 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 12.4 mi
- Dehy Park: 20.5 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 20.7 mi
- Independence Park: 21.1 mi
- Windy Cliff: 7.5 mi
- Great Cliffs: 9.2 mi
- Muro Blanco: 10.0 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 15.1 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 23.7 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 20.6 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 20.7 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 22.5 mi
- American Mule Museum: 23.0 mi
- Kearsarge: 16.8 mi
- Bend City: 22.5 mi
- San Carlos: 23.4 mi
- Rock Monster: 11.4 mi
- John Muir Rock: 24.8 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 12.5 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 17.9 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Mount Prater. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | NW 312° | 4,343 m | 5.9 mi |
| Starlight Peak | NW 312° | 4,324 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mount Sill | NW 317° | 4,316 m | 5.6 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | NW 312° | 4,298 m | 5.8 mi |
| Middle Palisade | NW 321° | 4,278 m | 3.0 mi |
| Split Mountain | SSE 148° | 4,269 m | 1.3 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | NW 313° | 4,268 m | 6.2 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | NW 320° | 4,259 m | 2.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:39 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 85 | 83 | 76 | 64 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 21 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358795626
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