Owens Mountain
Owens Mountain rises to 2,539 m in Nevada. Matterhorn stands 3,250 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Elephant Butte, a peak 1.1 miles away. California Trail Back Country Byway passes 21 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Nevada, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49059147, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,539 m
How to reach it
- 21.3 mi off the California Trail Back Country Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Elephant Butte: 1.1 mi
- White Elephant Butte: 1.7 mi
- Mahogany Elephant Butte: 2.0 mi
- Quartzite Butte: 2.6 mi
- Wrangle Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Black Spring: 3.1 mi
- Bull Camp Spring: 3.6 mi
- Sagehen Spring: 4.3 mi
- Chicken Spring: 4.6 mi
- Elk Spring: 5.0 mi
- Castle Rock: 11.1 mi
- Black Rock: 11.7 mi
- Danger Point: 20.8 mi
- The Palisade: 21.5 mi
- Urdahl Concentrated Use Area: 17.8 mi
- San Jacinto: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Owens Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matterhorn | WSW 243° | 3,250 m | 16.2 mi |
| Bald Peak | WSW 252° | 3,208 m | 16.1 mi |
| Jarbidge Peak | WSW 251° | 3,207 m | 16.2 mi |
| Jumbo Peak | WSW 248° | 3,189 m | 16.2 mi |
| Square Top | WSW 245° | 3,189 m | 16.2 mi |
| Marys River Peak | SW 231° | 3,189 m | 17.5 mi |
| Cougar Peak | WSW 238° | 3,154 m | 16.5 mi |
| Prospect Peak | WSW 238° | 3,137 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:38 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:28 | 16:13 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 37 | 42 | 50 | 57 | 66 | 65 | 57 | 46 | 35 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Murphy (desert) HOT Springs, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357559572
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