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Red Mountain

Red Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Red Mountain rises to 730 m in California. Patterson Mountain stands 2,479 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildcat Mountain, a peak 2.2 miles away. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

Mountain in Fresno County, California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49067617, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
730 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.86273, -119.39957

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 58
Parks
Historic sites: 24
  • Academy: 7.8 mi
  • Cottonwood Park Arch: 16.8 mi
  • Cottonwood Park Observation Point: 16.8 mi
  • Old Town Monument: 16.8 mi
  • Railroad Park Monument: 17.8 mi
Springs: 17
  • White Tank Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Home Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Chimney Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Rock Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Five Springs: 8.6 mi
Museums: 13
  • Sanger Depot Museum: 14.1 mi
  • Tarpey Depot: 16.8 mi
  • Museum of the Sierra: 18.5 mi
  • Reedley Museum: 18.6 mi
  • Millerton Courthouse Museum: 18.9 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Whitewater Voyages Headquarters: 14.3 mi
  • Zephyr Headquarters: 14.3 mi
  • Table Mountain Casino: 16.1 mi
  • Clovis Rodeo Grounds: 16.7 mi
  • Clovis Botanical Garden: 16.7 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Bookie Bear: 11.9 mi
  • Clovis Rodeo Statue: 16.8 mi
  • Dinuba Christian Church Statue: 21.4 mi
  • Calwa Murals: 21.8 mi
  • 1821 Gallery & Studios: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 5
Waterfalls: 4
Nature reserves: 3
  • Big Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 16.7 mi
  • Parkway Trust / Caglia: 21.1 mi
  • Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Gardens: 1
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Patterson MountainENE2,479 m20.4 mi
Dinkey MountainNE2,034 m17.4 mi
Mount StevensonNNE1,941 m18.5 mi
Flume PeakN1,813 m19.8 mi
Mount SampsonESE1,447 m18.0 mi
Sontag PointESE1,296 m19.6 mi
Oat MountainE1,274 m11.7 mi
Burrough MountainN1,263 m10.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3619:10
June solstice05:3919:4220:21
September equinox06:4618:2218:56
December solstice07:0816:0516:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 17 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 231343 — Red Mountain, Fresno County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358773313

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