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Red Mountain

Red Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Red Mountain rises to 3,645 m in California. Mount Darwin stands 4,216 m to the east, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Hutton, a peak 1.7 miles away.

The story

mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California

Wikidata Q49067619, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3645.1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.14984, -118.80115

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 13
Picnic sites: 10
  • Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 10.8 mi
  • Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
  • South Lake Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
  • Helms Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
  • La Hupp Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
Springs: 9
  • Cold Springs: 2.8 mi
  • Little Eden: 16.9 mi
  • Reed Pools: 16.9 mi
  • Iodone Springs: 16.9 mi
  • Old Pedro: 17.0 mi
Parks: 8
Cliffs: 8
Historic sites: 7
  • Blue Canyon Cabin: 12.2 mi
  • Qualls Camp: 13.5 mi
  • Log Cabin: 16.7 mi
  • China Camp: 20.9 mi
  • Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 20.9 mi
Attractions: 3
  • John Muir Rock: 4.8 mi
  • Rock Monster: 10.4 mi
  • Mono Hot Springs Resort: 17.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Red Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DarwinE 80°4,216 m7.2 mi
Mount MendelENE 75°4,177 m6.8 mi
Mount GoddardSE 126°4,126 m5.5 mi
Mount FiskeE 97°4,116 m7.4 mi
Mount LamarckENE 67°4,088 m7.8 mi
Mount HaeckelE 89°4,087 m7.7 mi
Mount WallaceE 91°4,079 m8.0 mi
Mount PowellE 95°4,073 m9.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3319:07
June solstice05:3619:4120:19
September equinox06:4418:1918:54
December solstice07:0616:0216:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464853586573818176665345
Precip in5.64.95.12.61.40.40.20.00.21.42.14.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Balch PWR House, 23 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 265294 — Red Mountain, Fresno County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358799356

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