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Round Mountain

Round Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Round Mountain rises to 1,742 m in California. Mount Patterson stands 3,552 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Spring, a spring 1.7 miles away. Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway passes 11 miles off.

The story

mountain in Mono County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5389041

Wikidata Q49069752, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1742 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.61435, -119.45294

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 15
  • Topaz Lake Park: 6.8 mi
  • Walker Community Park: 7.1 mi
  • Mountain Gate Park: 7.2 mi
  • Bridgeport Training Range: 15.9 mi
  • Bridgeport: 18.2 mi
Historic sites: 6
  • Hoye Bridge: 8.0 mi
  • Nugent Cabin: 14.1 mi
  • Barney Riley: 15.5 mi
  • Clinton: 16.8 mi
  • Old Jail: 17.1 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Nature reserves: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Fales Hot Spring: 18.4 mi
Museums: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Peep Sight: 23.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Round Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PattersonSSE 147°3,552 m14.7 mi
Wheeler PeakSSE 147°3,545 m16.2 mi
White MountainSSW 208°3,470 m18.4 mi
South SisterSE 138°3,463 m12.3 mi
Stanislaus PeakSW 216°3,426 m19.7 mi
Lost Cannon PeakSSW 200°3,355 m15.3 mi
Highland PeakWSW 253°3,324 m17.1 mi
Middle SisterSE 131°3,306 m11.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3519:10
June solstice05:3419:4720:26
September equinox06:4618:2118:56
December solstice07:1315:5916:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353843485665737264534234
Precip in0.60.41.10.40.60.10.30.30.20.20.71.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Topaz Lake, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358773884

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