Old Dad Mountain
Old Dad Mountain rises to 1,256 m in California. Edgar Peak stands 2,183 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Kelso Peak, a peak 7.7 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 30 miles off. 110 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.
The story
Old Dad Mountain is a summit, southwest of the Cinder Cone Lava Beds, west of the Kelso Mountains, north of Jackass Canyon, northeast of the Devils Playground and east of Soda Lake, in San Bernardino County, California. Old Dad Mountain was named in humorous contrast to the nearby Old Woman Mountains. It is geographically separate from the Old Dad Mountains to the south.
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Wikidata Q22078097, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1256 m
How to reach it
- 29.9 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
110 named places within 25 miles
- Indian Spring: 9.3 mi
- Cane Spring: 10.1 mi
- Sheep Spring: 11.8 mi
- Marl Spring: 12.9 mi
- Zzyzx Spring: 13.9 mi
- Kelso Peak: 7.7 mi
- Cowhole Mountain: 7.9 mi
- Campbell Hill: 9.8 mi
- Little Cowhole Mountain: 9.9 mi
- Marl Mountains: 11.3 mi
- Francis Marion Borax Smith: 15.1 mi
- Rasor Ranch: 15.2 mi
- Mojave phone booth: 16.2 mi
- Abandoned Restaurant: 18.8 mi
- Abandoned gas station: 18.8 mi
- Kelso: 13.2 mi
- Crucero: 17.6 mi
- Providence: 21.8 mi
- Cima: 22.5 mi
- Silver Lake: 23.5 mi
- Chet Hoffman Park: 16.5 mi
- Mitchell Caverns State Park: 22.5 mi
- Providence Mountains State Recreation Area: 22.6 mi
- Aikens Arch: 11.5 mi
- Natural Arch: 20.4 mi
- Travelers Monument: 13.4 mi
- World's Tallest Thermometer: 16.5 mi
- Valley Wells Rest Area: 24.7 mi
- Valley Wells Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- Seventeenmile Point: 8.0 mi
- Kelso Depot: 13.3 mi
- Mojave National Preserve: 17.6 mi
- Mojave Megaphone: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old Dad Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgar Peak | ESE 119° | 2,183 m | 20.9 mi |
| Fountain Peak | ESE 120° | 2,126 m | 21.2 mi |
| Granite Peak | SSE 156° | 2,061 m | 23.2 mi |
| Silver Peak | SSE 155° | 1,946 m | 22.0 mi |
| Kessler Peak | NE 52° | 1,879 m | 23.9 mi |
| Granite Peak Plateau | SSE 155° | 1,801 m | 24.1 mi |
| Little Thorne Mountains | E 93° | 1,780 m | 24.1 mi |
| Teutonia Peak | NE 51° | 1,752 m | 21.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:24 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:08 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 15:57 | 16:36 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 78 | 88 | 94 | 92 | 84 | 71 | 57 | 48 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baker, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 246841 — Old Dad Mountain, San Bernardino County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358789998
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