Red Mountain
Red Mountain rises to 1,584 m in California. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Seeley Spring, a spring 3.5 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Inyo County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49067626, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,584 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Fish Springs Hill: 3.9 mi
- Crater Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Mount Tinemaha: 6.0 mi
- Goodale Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Cardinal Mountain: 7.2 mi
- Big Seeley Spring: 3.5 mi
- Little Seeley Spring: 3.6 mi
- Hines Spring: 4.8 mi
- Fish Springs: 5.0 mi
- Scotty Spring: 6.7 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 9.7 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 10.0 mi
- Dehy Park: 16.1 mi
- Independence Park: 16.8 mi
- Merritt Park: 21.9 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 21.9 mi
- Arai Pond: 21.9 mi
- Japanese Garden: 21.9 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 22.1 mi
- Barracks Garden: 22.2 mi
- First Falls: 10.9 mi
- Second Falls: 11.7 mi
- Triple Falls: 15.1 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 17.3 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 17.3 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 16.4 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 16.4 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 22.2 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 24.1 mi
- American Mule Museum: 24.1 mi
- Muro Blanco: 15.3 mi
- Windy Cliff: 15.4 mi
- Great Cliffs: 17.2 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 22.4 mi
- Kearsarge: 15.3 mi
- Bend City: 16.9 mi
- San Carlos: 17.9 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 20.6 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 6.3 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 13.7 mi
- Rock Monster: 19.1 mi
- Paiute Mural: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Red Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | WNW 290° | 4,343 m | 13.3 mi |
| Starlight Peak | WNW 290° | 4,324 m | 13.3 mi |
| Mount Sill | WNW 291° | 4,316 m | 12.7 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | WNW 290° | 4,298 m | 13.1 mi |
| Middle Palisade | WNW 286° | 4,278 m | 10.4 mi |
| Split Mountain | W 266° | 4,269 m | 7.4 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | WNW 291° | 4,268 m | 13.5 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | WNW 285° | 4,259 m | 10.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:38 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:00 | 16:40 |
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 | 44 | 47 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 85 | 83 | 76 | 64 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1656248 — Red Mountain, Inyo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358804088
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