Owens Point
Owens Point rises to 3,464 m in California. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Wonoga Peak, a peak 2.5 miles away.
The story
Mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q49059149, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,464 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Wonoga Peak: 2.5 mi
- Flat Top: 2.6 mi
- Woollyback: 2.8 mi
- The Fin: 3.7 mi
- Army Pass Point: 4.0 mi
- Indian Spring: 5.8 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 8.1 mi
- Reinhackle Spring: 13.3 mi
- French Spring: 14.9 mi
- Iron Spring: 16.0 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 7.2 mi
- Lone Ranger Canyon (movie site): 7.3 mi
- Yellow Sky (movie site): 7.3 mi
- Django Unchained (movie site): 7.3 mi
- How the West Was Won (movie site): 7.6 mi
- Walt's Point: 3.1 mi
- Cousin Jack: 8.3 mi
- Mount Whitney Pack Trains: 8.4 mi
- Old dump truck bed: 13.2 mi
- Headframe: 13.2 mi
- Palette Arch: 6.1 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 6.2 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 6.9 mi
- Taco Bell Arch: 7.5 mi
- Hitching Post Arch: 7.5 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 15.2 mi
- Bk 9 Mess Hall Garden: 15.4 mi
- Administration Circle Garden: 15.4 mi
- Kado's Garden: 15.4 mi
- Barracks Garden: 15.5 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 6.1 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 6.1 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 6.1 mi
- Chocolate Block: 6.2 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 7.3 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 14.5 mi
- Volcano Falls: 16.7 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 16.8 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 17.0 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 23.2 mi
- Swansea: 14.1 mi
- Keeler: 15.8 mi
- Cerro Gordo Mines: 20.2 mi
- Cerro Gordo,California, United States: 20.2 mi
- San Carlos: 20.9 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 7.0 mi
- Spainhower Park: 9.0 mi
- Merritt Park: 15.7 mi
- Independence Park: 20.5 mi
- Dehy Park: 21.1 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 8.6 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 8.9 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 15.6 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 20.9 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 20.9 mi
- Miss Alabama: 7.3 mi
- Paiute Mural: 15.7 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 13.9 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 16.6 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 14.5 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Owens Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | NW 305° | 4,420 m | 9.2 mi |
| Keeler Needle | NW 304° | 4,361 m | 9.0 mi |
| Crooks Peak | NW 304° | 4,342 m | 9.0 mi |
| Lewis Peak | NW 304° | 4,307 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mount Russell | NW 309° | 4,296 m | 9.6 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | WNW 303° | 4,289 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mount Langley | WNW 288° | 4,277 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mount Muir | WNW 300° | 4,275 m | 8.6 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 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 85 | 83 | 76 | 64 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1659325 — Owens Point, Inyo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358807023
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