Red Mountain
Red Mountain rises to 553 m in California. Devil Peak stands 2,114 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Butler Mountain, a peak 2.6 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 27 miles off.
The story
mountain in Mariposa County, California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49067634, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 553 m
How to reach it
- 27.1 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Butler Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Split Rock: 2.7 mi
- Bald Rock: 2.9 mi
- Horsecamp Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Striped Rock: 3.2 mi
- Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park: 8.8 mi
- Wassama Roundhouse State Historic Park: 9.0 mi
- Mariposa Park: 9.5 mi
- Mariposa Art Park: 9.6 mi
- Eastman Lake Recreation Area: 10.4 mi
- Specimen Springs: 3.8 mi
- Big Spring: 7.2 mi
- Rogers Spring: 9.8 mi
- Apple Tree Spring: 10.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 11.0 mi
- California State Mining and Mineral Museum: 8.0 mi
- Mariposa Museum and History Center: 10.1 mi
- Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park: 13.7 mi
- Coarsegold Historic Museum: 14.1 mi
- Thornberry Museum: 14.7 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 14.6 mi
- Corlieu Falls: 14.9 mi
- Angel Falls: 17.4 mi
- Lower Chilnualna Falls: 19.2 mi
- Alder Creek Falls: 20.2 mi
- Chowchilla Recreation Area: 10.8 mi
- Gold Rush BBQ: 15.7 mi
- The Falls Picnic Site: 17.4 mi
- Lakeside Day Use Area: 19.0 mi
- Pine Point Day Use: 19.3 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 14.7 mi
- Big Ed: 17.2 mi
- Mariposa Welcome Plaza: 17.3 mi
- Willow Creek Trail: 17.3 mi
- Bull Buck Tree: 17.5 mi
- September 11, 2001 Memorial: 9.6 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 11.2 mi
- Fremont’s Fort: 20.5 mi
- Whites Cabin: 24.8 mi
- Agua Fria: 11.4 mi
- Mount Ophir: 14.5 mi
- Cat Town: 22.6 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 17.0 mi
- San Joaquin Experimental Range: 19.0 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 13.1 mi
- South Fork Bluffs: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Red Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devil Peak | NE 34° | 2,114 m | 14.1 mi |
| Chowchilla Mountain | NNE 27° | 2,105 m | 15.6 mi |
| Hogan Mountain | NE 54° | 2,007 m | 14.8 mi |
| Crow Peak | NE 38° | 1,953 m | 13.1 mi |
| Kirby Peak | NNE 23° | 1,642 m | 12.2 mi |
| Silver Knob | ENE 66° | 1,631 m | 12.2 mi |
| Pilot Peak | ENE 62° | 1,586 m | 11.4 mi |
| Sweetwater Point | N 360° | 1,406 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:05 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 36 | 39 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 65 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 7.6 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SO Entrance Yosemite NP, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 231345 — Red Mountain, Mariposa County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358773319
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