Red Mountain
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
- 3,645.1 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Hutton: 1.7 mi
- Emerald Peak: 2.3 mi
- Mount Henry: 2.7 mi
- Peter Peak: 3.1 mi
- Fleming Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Upper Evolution Creek Falls: 3.2 mi
- Lower Evolution Creek Falls: 3.2 mi
- Blue Canyon Falls: 15.3 mi
- Twin Falls: 16.4 mi
- Silver Spray Falls: 16.4 mi
- 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
- 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
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 10.4 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 18.3 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 18.7 mi
- John S. Eastwood Park: 21.1 mi
- Millpond Recreation Area: 23.2 mi
- Great Cliffs: 14.6 mi
- Windy Cliff: 16.4 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 16.5 mi
- Vermilion Cliffs: 20.3 mi
- Patterson Bluffs: 22.1 mi
- 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
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Darwin | E 80° | 4,216 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Mendel | ENE 75° | 4,177 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mount Goddard | SE 126° | 4,126 m | 5.5 mi |
| Mount Fiske | E 97° | 4,116 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mount Lamarck | ENE 67° | 4,088 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Haeckel | E 89° | 4,087 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Wallace | E 91° | 4,079 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Powell | E 95° | 4,073 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:41 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:02 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 66 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 4.6 |
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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