Mount Scowden
Mount Scowden rises to 3,402 m in California. Mount Dana stands 3,976 m to the south-southeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Dore Cliff, a cliff 1.1 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 6.7 miles off.
The story
Mount Scowden is an 11,182-foot-elevation (3,408-meter) summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Mono County of northern California, United States. The mountain is set less than three miles east of the Sierra crest, within the Hoover Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest. Mount Scowden is situated in Lundy Canyon, one mile north of line parent Tioga Crest, 1.6 miles (2.6 km) west of Gilcrest Peak, and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southeast of Black Mountain. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,900 feet (880 meters) above Mill Creek in one mile. Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains to Mill Creek, and ultimately Mono Lake. The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names and has been in publications since at least 1882. Leo A. Scowden (born 1848) was a mining engineer and United States deputy mineral surveyor for California who resided in Bodie, Mono County. There were several mining claims on Mt. Scowden in the 1800s which gave rise to the gold rush camp of Lundy.
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Wikidata Q49054517, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3402 m
How to reach it
- 6.7 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 6 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 9 mi
- Lembert Dome · 10 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gilcrest Peak: 1.6 mi
- Black Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Mount Warren: 2.4 mi
- Mount Olsen: 2.4 mi
- Excelsior Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Jordan Spring: 4.2 mi
- Mono Vista Spring: 6.6 mi
- Rancheria Gulch Spring: 9.6 mi
- Soda Springs: 10.7 mi
- Coyote Spring: 12.3 mi
- White Cascade: 11.1 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 11.1 mi
- Tuolumne Falls: 11.1 mi
- California Falls: 11.7 mi
- LeConte Falls: 12.0 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 4.9 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 5.9 mi
- Lee Vining: 8.5 mi
- Ghost Cabin: 10.5 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 10.6 mi
- Dore Cliff: 1.1 mi
- Locomotive Point: 20.0 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 20.3 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 22.0 mi
- Cascade Cliffs: 23.3 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 6.4 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 8.3 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 11.7 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 18.7 mi
- Bodie State Historic Park: 19.7 mi
- Upside-Down House: 8.4 mi
- South Tufa Area: 13.4 mi
- Navy Beach: 13.9 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 16.6 mi
- Perched Boulder: 18.6 mi
- Bennettville: 4.9 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 6.6 mi
- Dog Town: 11.7 mi
- Mono Mills: 18.4 mi
- Bodie: 19.5 mi
- Danburg Beach: 6.8 mi
- Navy Beach: 13.8 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 14.4 mi
- June Lake Beach: 18.1 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 8.4 mi
- Mono County Museum: 17.2 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 17.2 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 19.4 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Warm Springs: 19.4 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 24.8 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 19.3 mi
- Crestview Rest Area: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Mount Scowden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Dana | SSE 164° | 3,976 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Gibbs | SSE 164° | 3,893 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount Conness | SW 229° | 3,825 m | 4.4 mi |
| Excelsior Mountain | WNW 294° | 3,791 m | 2.7 mi |
| Dunderberg Peak | N 349° | 3,774 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mount Warren | ESE 123° | 3,758 m | 2.4 mi |
| Twin Peaks | NW 314° | 3,756 m | 7.5 mi |
| Matterhorn Peak | NW 312° | 3,749.3 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:44 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
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 1656281 — Mount Scowden, Mono County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358804127
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 14 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 25 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 26 mi
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