Red and White Mountain
Red and White Mountain rises to 3,908 m in California. Mount Morgan stands 4,186 m to the southeast, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver Divide Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away.
The story
Red and White Mountain is a remote 12,816-foot-elevation (3,906-meter) mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in northern California, United States. It is situated in the John Muir Wilderness on the shared boundary of Sierra National Forest with Inyo National Forest, and along the common border of Fresno County with Mono County. It is eight miles northeast of Lake Thomas A Edison, and approximately 13 miles (21 km) southeast of the community of Mammoth Lakes. The nearest higher neighbor is Red Slate Mountain, 2 miles (3.2 km) to the north-northwest.
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Wikidata Q49067021, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3908 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Silver Divide Peak: 0.7 mi
- Mount Crocker: 1.8 mi
- Mount Izaak Walton: 1.9 mi
- Red Slate Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Mount Hopkins: 2.6 mi
- Buzztail Spring: 5.3 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 9.6 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 9.7 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 9.8 mi
- Layton Springs: 13.1 mi
- Convict Lake: 8.0 mi
- Log Cabin: 9.6 mi
- Pumphouse: 10.5 mi
- Bunkhouses: 10.6 mi
- Air Compressor: 10.6 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 4.5 mi
- Twin Falls: 9.1 mi
- Twin Falls: 12.4 mi
- Lower Rainbow Falls: 15.0 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 15.0 mi
- Crowley Park: 8.5 mi
- Trails End Park: 12.2 mi
- Mammoth Creek Park West: 12.3 mi
- Valentine Reserve Ecological Study Area: 12.8 mi
- Community Center Park: 13.8 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 9.7 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 9.8 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 9.9 mi
- Hot Spring: 11.8 mi
- Hot Creek Geological Site: 12.7 mi
- Vermilion Cliffs: 5.7 mi
- Sevehah Cliff: 7.0 mi
- Junction Bluffs: 14.6 mi
- The Buttresses: 15.6 mi
- Upper Gorge: 15.8 mi
- Crowley Lake Stone Columns: 11.7 mi
- Mono Hot Springs Resort: 13.7 mi
- Devils Postpile: 16.0 mi
- John Muir Rock: 18.2 mi
- Perched Boulder: 24.1 mi
- Mono Creek Picnic Site: 11.3 mi
- Minaret Vista Picnic: 16.5 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
- Mammoth Museum: 12.2 mi
- Casa Diablo: 18.1 mi
- Crestview Rest Area: 18.4 mi
- Arch Rock: 23.1 mi
- June Lake Beach: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Red and White Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Morgan | SE 127° | 4,186 m | 8.5 mi |
| Bear Creek Spire | SSE 147° | 4,186 m | 9.2 mi |
| Mount Abbot | SSE 148° | 4,176 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Gabb | SSE 157° | 4,168 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Dade | SSE 148° | 4,143 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Mills | SSE 148° | 4,102 m | 7.0 mi |
| Mount Hilgard | SSE 168° | 4,060 m | 8.4 mi |
| Royce Peak | SSE 157° | 4,047 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:42 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 265248 — Red and White Mountain, Fresno County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358799326
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