Old Iron Mountain
Old Iron Mountain rises to 1,798 m in California. Pyramid Peak stands 3,043 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Iron Mountain, a peak 1.9 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49058455, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,798 m
How to reach it
- 24.1 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 29.9 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Liberty Vista Point · 25 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Iron Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Sugarloaf: 6.6 mi
- Lincoln Hill: 6.7 mi
- Baltic Peak: 6.7 mi
- Eagle Rock: 7.9 mi
- Archery: 8.9 mi
- Pollock Pines Recreation Park: 11.2 mi
- Sportsmans Hall State Historic Landmark 704: 12.3 mi
- Eight Mile House State Historic Landmark: 14.7 mi
- Salt Springs State Game Refuge: 15.9 mi
- Granite Spring: 6.3 mi
- Chicken Hawk Spring: 6.9 mi
- Buckskin Joe Spring: 7.4 mi
- Jim Quinn Spring: 8.7 mi
- Singleton Springs: 9.5 mi
- Sugar Bun: 6.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 15.2 mi
- Machado Postpile: 16.9 mi
- Calaveras Dome: 17.5 mi
- Cathedral Peak: 20.7 mi
- Nature Center and Observatory: 9.0 mi
- Fountain and Tallman Soda Factory Museum: 22.0 mi
- Sobon Estate Museum: 23.0 mi
- Shenandoah Valley Museum: 23.5 mi
- Chaw'se Regional Indian Museum: 23.6 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 6.8 mi
- Bassi Falls: 13.3 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 16.8 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 20.1 mi
- Rock Creek: 21.6 mi
- Trails West marker: 8.4 mi
- Elkus: 8.8 mi
- Iron Mountain Ski Resort: 10.9 mi
- Glen Alpine Resort: 19.8 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 21.7 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 5.5 mi
- Bridal Veil Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
- Leoni House: 9.1 mi
- Twin Bridges Swimming Hole: 17.6 mi
- Black Chasm Cavern: 22.7 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 24.6 mi
- Balancing Rock: 24.9 mi
- Finnon Recreation Area: 20.4 mi
- Linder Grove: 20.8 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 21.0 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 22.9 mi
- Kiva Beach: 24.5 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Old Iron Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pyramid Peak | NE 52° | 3,043 m | 15.8 mi |
| Mount Price | NE 47° | 3,040 m | 16.0 mi |
| Agassiz | NE 48° | 3,038 m | 15.9 mi |
| Jacks Peak | NE 45° | 3,002 m | 18.1 mi |
| Little Pyramid | NE 42° | 2,876 m | 16.5 mi |
| Thunder Mountain | E 98° | 2,865 m | 16.3 mi |
| Glove Rock | E 96° | 2,853 m | 16.7 mi |
| Red Peak | NNE 31° | 2,833 m | 17.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:51 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:02 | 16:44 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 44 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 9.6 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 9.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pacific House, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1659293 — Old Iron Mountain, El Dorado County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358806994
Day trips start here
- Placerville · 22 mi
- Bliss State Park · 25 mi
- Coloma · 28 mi
- Homewood · 29 mi
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