Otto Mountain
Otto Mountain rises to 519 m in California. Avawatz Mountains stands 1,876 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Nickel Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 38 miles off. 51 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 519 m
How to reach it
- 38.2 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
51 named places within 25 miles
- Nickel Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Squat Hill: 3.0 mi
- Hanks Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Little Cowhole Mountain: 8.6 mi
- Chocolate Drop: 8.9 mi
- Mesquite Spring: 4.6 mi
- MC Spring: 9.5 mi
- Zzyzx Spring: 9.8 mi
- Spring (Alkali): 11.0 mi
- Henry Spring: 13.6 mi
- Rasor Ranch: 13.1 mi
- Abandoned gas station: 13.4 mi
- Abandoned Restaurant: 13.4 mi
- Buried Boxcars: 20.7 mi
- Mojave phone booth: 23.4 mi
- World's Tallest Thermometer: 1.6 mi
- Travelers Monument: 10.1 mi
- Silver Lake: 6.5 mi
- Crucero: 16.4 mi
- Chet Hoffman Park: 2.0 mi
- Seventeenmile Point: 12.4 mi
- Mojave Megaphone: 19.6 mi
- Aikens Arch: 19.9 mi
- Valley Wells Rest Area: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Otto Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avawatz Mountains | NW 321° | 1,876 m | 20.9 mi |
| Club Peak | E 83° | 1,508 m | 18.9 mi |
| Bull Spring Mountain | NE 44° | 1,487 m | 18.7 mi |
| Kelso Peak | ESE 119° | 1,447 m | 24.2 mi |
| Button Mountain | E 86° | 1,412 m | 21.8 mi |
| Turquoise Mountain | NE 42° | 1,372 m | 14.7 mi |
| Solomons Knob | NE 54° | 1,364 m | 17.7 mi |
| Negro Head | ENE 61° | 1,315 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:25 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:09 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 15:57 | 16:37 |
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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358816111
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