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Red Mountain

Red Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Red Mountain rises to 844 m in California. Bald Mountain stands 2,389 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away.

The story

mountain in Fresno County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5386577

Wikidata Q49067618, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
844 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.96078, -119.41457

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites: 25
  • Academy: 8.4 mi
  • Exact Center of California: 14.3 mi
  • Cottonwood Park Arch: 17.8 mi
  • Cottonwood Park Observation Point: 17.9 mi
  • Old Town Monument: 18.2 mi
Springs: 15
  • Cole Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Home Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Chimney Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Rock Spring: 10.7 mi
  • White Tank Spring: 12.2 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Cliffs: 9
Museums: 8
Attractions: 6
  • Table Mountain Casino: 12.9 mi
  • Whitewater Voyages Headquarters: 16.2 mi
  • Zephyr Headquarters: 16.3 mi
  • Clovis Botanical Garden: 17.7 mi
  • Clovis Rodeo Grounds: 18.3 mi
Nature reserves: 5
  • Big Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 11.5 mi
  • Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 17.2 mi
  • San Joaquin Experimental Range: 20.7 mi
  • Parkway Trust / Caglia: 20.9 mi
  • Whisky Snowmobile Area: 21.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Artworks: 2
  • Bookie Bear: 17.8 mi
  • Clovis Rodeo Statue: 18.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Gardens: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Red Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNE 49°2,389 m15.2 mi
Ely MountainNNE 30°2,091 m15.7 mi
Musick MountainNNE 22°2,065 m15.6 mi
Dinkey MountainENE 71°2,034 m14.6 mi
Mount StevensonNNE 23°1,941 m12.2 mi
Source PointN 4°1,888 m18.3 mi
Flume PeakNNE 19°1,813 m13.4 mi
Lion PointN 4°1,525 m16.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3619:10
June solstice05:3919:4320:21
September equinox06:4618:2218:56
December solstice07:0816:0516:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464852576574818075645345
Precip in5.34.44.12.11.00.30.10.00.11.22.24.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Auberry 2 NW, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358773316

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