Mount Ritter
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Mount Ritter rises to 4,007 m in California. Mount Lyell stands 3,993 m to the northwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Banner Peak, a peak 0.6 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mount Ritter is the highest mountain in Madera County, California, in the Western United States, at an elevation of 13,149 feet (4,008 m). It is also the highest and most prominent peak of its namesake, the Ritter Range, a subrange of the Sierra Nevada in the Ansel Adams Wilderness of the Inyo and Sierra National Forests. Mount Ritter is the 15th highest mountain peak in California with at least 500 meters of topographic prominence.
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Wikidata Q841110, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4007 m
How to reach it
- 13.8 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Disappearing Meadows · 14 mi
- Lembert Dome · 16 mi
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 16 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Banner Peak: 0.6 mi
- Waller Minaret: 1.5 mi
- Leonard Minaret: 1.8 mi
- Turner Minaret: 1.8 mi
- Jensen Minaret: 1.9 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 6.4 mi
- Minarets Falls: 6.9 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 8.7 mi
- Lower Rainbow Falls: 8.9 mi
- Florence Falls: 9.6 mi
- Chetwood Cabin: 7.0 mi
- Legend of June Lake Slot Machines: 10.6 mi
- Ghost Cabin: 11.8 mi
- Mill City Mine: 12.2 mi
- Julia E. Townsend Memorial: 12.3 mi
- Reds Meadow Hot Springs: 8.4 mi
- Hartley Springs: 10.2 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 14.5 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 14.5 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 14.7 mi
- The Buttresses: 8.1 mi
- Junction Bluffs: 11.8 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 15.1 mi
- Cascade Cliffs: 15.9 mi
- The Alcove: 17.1 mi
- free natural hot pool: 8.4 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 14.4 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 14.5 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 14.6 mi
- Hot Spring: 17.9 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 8.9 mi
- Valentine Reserve Ecological Study Area: 11.9 mi
- Community Center Park: 12.1 mi
- Mammoth Creek Park West: 13.2 mi
- Trails End Park: 14.1 mi
- Mammoth Museum: 13.5 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 19.2 mi
- Nature Center at Happy Isles: 19.9 mi
- Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center: 21.1 mi
- Ansel Adams residence: 21.6 mi
- Minaret Vista Picnic: 7.9 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
- Devils Postpile: 7.7 mi
- Perched Boulder: 9.5 mi
- Upside-Down House: 19.1 mi
- South Tufa Area: 19.9 mi
- Navy Beach: 20.0 mi
- June Lake Beach: 10.3 mi
- Navy Beach: 20.0 mi
- Danburg Beach: 22.8 mi
- Bennettville: 17.5 mi
- Mono Mills: 19.0 mi
- Crestview Rest Area: 12.9 mi
- Arch Rock: 17.5 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Mount Ritter. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lyell | NW 311° | 3,993 m | 5.3 mi |
| Kuna Peak | N 357° | 3,958 m | 8.6 mi |
| Rodgers Peak | NW 308° | 3,956 m | 4.0 mi |
| Koip Peak | N 359° | 3,954 m | 8.6 mi |
| Banner Peak | NNE 27° | 3,940 m | 0.6 mi |
| Mount Maclure | NW 311° | 3,933 m | 5.8 mi |
| Parker Peak | N 6° | 3,919 m | 8.7 mi |
| Blacktop Peak | N 2° | 3,881 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:43 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
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 | 29 | 29 | 34 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 63 | 62 | 56 | 46 | 36 | 29 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mammoth Lakes RS, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1659516 — Mount Ritter, Madera County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358807186
Day trips start here
- Yosemite National Park · 19 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 20 mi
- Mono Lake · 25 mi
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