Potato Peak
Potato Peak rises to 3,113 m in California. Excelsior Mountain stands 3,791 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Bodie Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 24 miles off.
The story
mountain in California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49063806, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3113 m
How to reach it
- 24.1 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 24 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 27 mi
- Lembert Dome · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bodie Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Silver Hill: 4.8 mi
- Sugarloaf: 5.3 mi
- Mount Biedeman: 5.8 mi
- Beauty Peak: 7.0 mi
- Warm Spring: 2.9 mi
- Murphy Spring: 3.5 mi
- Logan Spring: 6.1 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 6.5 mi
- The Hot Springs: 7.0 mi
- Red Cloud Mining Equipment: 4.2 mi
- Machinery: 4.2 mi
- Parr House: 4.3 mi
- Carpenter Shop: 4.3 mi
- Bottle Works (Site): 4.3 mi
- Bodie: 4.3 mi
- Dog Town: 7.5 mi
- Masonic: 8.9 mi
- Aurora: 10.9 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 12.7 mi
- Bodie State Historic Park: 4.3 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 15.4 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 19.1 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 19.7 mi
- Bridgeport: 24.9 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 4.3 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 7.8 mi
- Mono County Museum: 8.0 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 19.1 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 6.5 mi
- Upside-Down House: 19.1 mi
- South Tufa Area: 20.4 mi
- Navy Beach: 20.6 mi
- Warm Springs: 17.4 mi
- Walker River Hot Spring: 18.6 mi
- Booker Hot Spring: 18.6 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 18.8 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 4.8 mi
- Locomotive Point: 5.0 mi
- Dore Cliff: 19.3 mi
- The Elbow: 13.8 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 24.9 mi
- Danburg Beach: 15.4 mi
- Navy Beach: 20.6 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 17.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Potato Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Excelsior Mountain | SW 219° | 3,791 m | 18.8 mi |
| Dunderberg Peak | SW 221° | 3,774 m | 15.5 mi |
| Mount Warren | SSW 204° | 3,758 m | 18.5 mi |
| Twin Peaks | SW 235° | 3,756 m | 18.1 mi |
| Matterhorn Peak | WSW 239° | 3,749.3 m | 18.8 mi |
| Twin Peaks-East Peak | SW 234° | 3,731 m | 17.9 mi |
| The Dragtooth | WSW 240° | 3,695.4 m | 18.7 mi |
| Virginia Peak | SW 232° | 3,657 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:44 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:59 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 25 | 29 | 35 | 43 | 51 | 57 | 56 | 50 | 40 | 31 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bodie California ST Historic P, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 230984 — Potato Peak, Mono County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358773014
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 16 mi
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