Pumice Butte
Pumice Butte rises to 2,902 m in California. Red Slate Mountain stands 4,005 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Iva Bell Hot Springs, a hot spring 2.4 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 25 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49064452, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,902 m
How to reach it
- 25.5 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Disappearing Meadows · 26 mi
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 28 mi
- Lembert Dome · 28 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Cones: 2.5 mi
- Devils Top: 2.7 mi
- Double Peak: 3.1 mi
- Lion Point: 3.6 mi
- Crystal Crag: 3.7 mi
- Mahan Cabin: 4.9 mi
- Pumphouse: 4.9 mi
- Bunkhouses: 4.9 mi
- Assay Office: 4.9 mi
- Air Compressor: 4.9 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 2.5 mi
- Reds Meadow Hot Springs: 4.7 mi
- Buzztail Spring: 13.4 mi
- Antelope Spring: 13.4 mi
- Hartley Springs: 14.9 mi
- Lower Rainbow Falls: 3.4 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 3.7 mi
- Twin Falls: 5.0 mi
- Minarets Falls: 6.3 mi
- Granite Creek Falls: 10.9 mi
- Valentine Reserve Ecological Study Area: 6.4 mi
- Mammoth Creek Park West: 7.7 mi
- Community Center Park: 8.1 mi
- Trails End Park: 8.6 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 15.7 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 2.4 mi
- free natural hot pool: 4.7 mi
- Hot Creek Geological Site: 14.8 mi
- Little Creek Hot Springs: 15.3 mi
- Shepherd Hot Springs: 16.2 mi
- Junction Bluffs: 3.4 mi
- The Buttresses: 4.4 mi
- Sevehah Cliff: 10.1 mi
- Vermilion Cliffs: 11.3 mi
- The Wave: 18.2 mi
- Minaret Vista Picnic: 7.2 mi
- Mono Creek Picnic Site: 13.8 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Mile High Vista Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
- Devils Postpile: 5.2 mi
- Mono Hot Springs Resort: 15.7 mi
- Perched Boulder: 16.0 mi
- Crowley Lake Stone Columns: 19.1 mi
- Mammoth Museum: 7.9 mi
- Crestview Rest Area: 13.3 mi
- Arch Rock: 14.0 mi
- June Lake Beach: 16.8 mi
- Mono Mills: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Pumice Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Slate Mountain | ESE 106° | 4,005 m | 10.9 mi |
| Mount Baldwin | E 97° | 3,838 m | 11.6 mi |
| Bloody Mountain | E 86° | 3,825 m | 8.4 mi |
| Clyde Minaret | NW 320° | 3,738 m | 9.7 mi |
| Michael Minaret | NW 319° | 3,736 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Morrison | E 87° | 3,731 m | 11.1 mi |
| Ken Minaret | NW 320° | 3,730 m | 9.6 mi |
| Eichorn Minaret | NW 320° | 3,730 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:43 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
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 | 29 | 34 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 63 | 62 | 56 | 46 | 36 | 29 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mammoth Lakes RS, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 265058 — Pumice Butte, Fresno County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358799252
Day trips start here
- Yosemite National Park · 30 mi
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