Muah Mountain
Muah Mountain rises to 3,358 m in California. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Trail Peak, a peak 4.1 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q49055471, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,357.7 m
How to reach it
- 28.1 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Trail Peak: 4.1 mi
- Timosea Peak: 4.5 mi
- Cartago Peak: 5.4 mi
- Wonoga Peak: 5.7 mi
- Little Templeton Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Iron Spring: 9.9 mi
- Indian Spring: 11.3 mi
- Olivas Spring: 12.1 mi
- River Spring: 13.3 mi
- Soda Springs: 13.4 mi
- Lemon Inn: 7.9 mi
- Dirty Socks: 8.0 mi
- Boulder Creek: 11.2 mi
- Yellow Sky (movie site): 13.9 mi
- Lone Ranger Canyon (movie site): 13.9 mi
- Walt's Point: 5.0 mi
- Cousin Jack: 14.2 mi
- Mount Whitney Pack Trains: 14.3 mi
- Owens Lake-Silver Lead Furnace Historical Marker: 14.9 mi
- Keeler Ruins: 15.3 mi
- Palette Arch: 12.7 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 12.7 mi
- Taco Bell Arch: 14.0 mi
- Hitching Post Arch: 14.0 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 14.0 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 22.3 mi
- Administration Circle Garden: 22.4 mi
- Bk 9 Mess Hall Garden: 22.5 mi
- Kado's Garden: 22.5 mi
- Barracks Garden: 22.5 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 12.6 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 12.6 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 12.7 mi
- Chocolate Block: 12.7 mi
- Window Cliffs: 13.9 mi
- Swansea: 15.0 mi
- Keeler: 15.2 mi
- Cerro Gordo Mines: 20.7 mi
- Cerro Gordo,California, United States: 20.7 mi
- Volcano Falls: 15.3 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 16.8 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 21.5 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 21.6 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 11.8 mi
- Spainhower Park: 14.8 mi
- Merritt Park: 22.8 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 14.3 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 14.6 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 22.6 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 11.0 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 16.5 mi
- Miss Alabama: 13.6 mi
- Paiute Mural: 22.7 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 8.0 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Muah Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | NW 323° | 4,420 m | 15.4 mi |
| Keeler Needle | NW 323° | 4,361 m | 15.2 mi |
| Crooks Peak | NW 323° | 4,342 m | 15.1 mi |
| Lewis Peak | NW 323° | 4,307 m | 15.0 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | NW 322° | 4,289 m | 15.0 mi |
| Mount Langley | NW 323° | 4,277 m | 10.6 mi |
| Mount Muir | NW 321° | 4,275 m | 14.6 mi |
| Aiguille du Paquoir | NW 322° | 4,270 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:36 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:02 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Haiwee, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358801790
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