Round Mountain
Round Mountain rises to 3,407 m in California. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the south-southwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarloaf, a peak 1.6 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Inyo County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5389030.
Wikidata Q49069732, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,407 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugarloaf: 1.6 mi
- Piper Peak: 4.2 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 5.3 mi
- The Hunchback: 5.4 mi
- Sky Haven: 5.9 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 4.4 mi
- Grouse Spring: 4.6 mi
- Wam Springs: 9.8 mi
- Wilkerson Springs: 10.6 mi
- Uhlmeyer Spring: 10.9 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 8.2 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 8.2 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 10.0 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 10.6 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 10.6 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 14.3 mi
- Windy Cliff: 15.8 mi
- Great Cliffs: 16.2 mi
- Muro Blanco: 21.2 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 23.2 mi
- Second Falls: 5.2 mi
- First Falls: 5.7 mi
- Triple Falls: 16.8 mi
- Upper Evolution Creek Falls: 19.7 mi
- Lower Evolution Creek Falls: 19.8 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 15.7 mi
- Schulman Grove Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 10.7 mi
- American Mule Museum: 11.2 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 14.0 mi
- Rock Monster: 12.1 mi
- Methuselah: 18.9 mi
- John Muir Rock: 21.6 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 11.2 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Round Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | SSW 210° | 4,343 m | 9.0 mi |
| Starlight Peak | SSW 210° | 4,324 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Sill | SSW 207° | 4,316 m | 8.6 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | SSW 209° | 4,298 m | 9.0 mi |
| Middle Palisade | SSW 192° | 4,278 m | 9.7 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | SSW 212° | 4,268 m | 8.9 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | S 191° | 4,259 m | 9.8 mi |
| Barrett Peak | SSW 207° | 4,258 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:39 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:00 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 49 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bishop AP, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 265604 — Round Mountain, Inyo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/12188518246
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