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Mount Prater

Mount Prater, seen from above at true elevation

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.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q49054206, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
4107 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.03679, -118.43471

Named places within 25 miles

Springs: 29
Historic sites: 14
  • 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
Waterfalls: 12
  • 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
Parks: 10
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 4
Museums: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Rock Monster: 11.4 mi
  • Saline Valley Road OHV Trailhead: 22.1 mi
  • John Muir Rock: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Gardens: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North PalisadeNW 312°4,343 m5.9 mi
Starlight PeakNW 312°4,323.7 m6.0 mi
Mount SillNW 317°4,316 m5.6 mi
Polemonium PeakNW 312°4,298.2 m5.8 mi
Middle PalisadeNW 321°4,278.2 m3.0 mi
Split MountainSSE 148°4,269 m1.3 mi
Thunderbolt PeakNW 313°4,268 m6.2 mi
Disappointment PeakNW 320°4,258.6 m2.8 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 5080 °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, 21 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358795626

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