Mount Tinemaha
Mount Tinemaha rises to 3,770 m in California. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the west-northwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Split Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away.
The story
Mount Tinemaha is a 12,520-foot-elevation (3,820-meter) mountain summit located east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Inyo County of northern California. It is situated on the eastern boundary of the John Muir Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest. It is 1.3 mile southeast of Tinemaha Lake, and 1.8 mile northeast of parent Split Mountain. Topographic relief is significant as the east aspect rises 5,900 feet (1,800 meters) above Owens Valley in two miles.
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Wikidata Q49054855, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3770 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Split Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Mount Prater: 2.1 mi
- Birch Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Mount Bolton Brown: 2.5 mi
- Cardinal Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Grouse Spring: 7.8 mi
- Scotty Spring: 8.0 mi
- Fish Springs: 8.7 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 9.2 mi
- Big Seeley Spring: 9.5 mi
- First Falls: 6.7 mi
- Second Falls: 7.5 mi
- Triple Falls: 9.5 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 15.4 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 15.4 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 10.8 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 11.1 mi
- Dehy Park: 19.2 mi
- Independence Park: 19.8 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 21.4 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 22.7 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 24.9 mi
- Arai Pond: 25.0 mi
- Japanese Garden: 25.0 mi
- Rose Garden: 25.0 mi
- Windy Cliff: 9.6 mi
- Muro Blanco: 11.2 mi
- Great Cliffs: 11.3 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 17.0 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 19.4 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 19.4 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 22.5 mi
- American Mule Museum: 22.9 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 22.6 mi
- Kearsarge: 16.1 mi
- Bend City: 21.0 mi
- San Carlos: 21.9 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 10.7 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 16.6 mi
- Rock Monster: 13.3 mi
- Saline Valley Road OHV Trailhead: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Mount Tinemaha. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | WNW 302° | 4,343 m | 7.6 mi |
| Starlight Peak | WNW 302° | 4,323.7 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Sill | NW 305° | 4,316 m | 7.2 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | WNW 302° | 4,298.2 m | 7.5 mi |
| Middle Palisade | WNW 301° | 4,278.2 m | 4.7 mi |
| Split Mountain | SW 233° | 4,269 m | 1.8 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | WNW 302° | 4,268 m | 7.9 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | WNW 299° | 4,258.6 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:39 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:00 | 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, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 255153 — Mount Tinemaha, Inyo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358796289
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