Sawmill Point
Sawmill Point rises to 2,860 m in California. Split Mountain stands 4,269 m to the northwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Scotty Spring, a spring 1.4 miles away.
The story
Sawmill Point is a 9,429-foot-elevation (2,874-meter) mountain summit located in Inyo County, California. It is situated 2.6 miles east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the John Muir Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest. It is also 10.5 miles (16.9 km) northwest of the community of Independence, and 2.6 miles (4.2 km) east of proximate parent Colosseum Mountain. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 4,770 feet (1,450 meters) above Owens Valley in two miles. The Sawmill Pass Trail traverses the east and south slopes of the peak, providing an approach option, and access to the John Muir Trail.
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Wikidata Q49071590, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,860 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Lookout Point: 1.8 mi
- Colosseum Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Mount Perkins: 3.4 mi
- Indian Rock: 3.5 mi
- Mount Cedric Wright: 3.8 mi
- Scotty Spring: 1.4 mi
- Harry Birch Springs: 1.9 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 2.9 mi
- McGann Springs: 4.6 mi
- Little Blackrock Spring: 4.9 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 6.9 mi
- Aberdeen Station: 8.1 mi
- Prospect: 9.4 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 11.8 mi
- Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 12.2 mi
- Rock Monster: 21.3 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 21.5 mi
- Boot Arch: 22.2 mi
- Man of Steel (movie site): 22.3 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 22.3 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 10.2 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 10.2 mi
- Triple Falls: 13.8 mi
- Mist Falls: 14.5 mi
- First Falls: 15.9 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 15.7 mi
- Japanese Garden: 15.8 mi
- Arai Pond: 15.8 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 16.0 mi
- Kado's Garden: 16.1 mi
- Muro Blanco: 11.1 mi
- Windy Cliff: 14.8 mi
- Great Cliffs: 16.8 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 19.7 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 23.2 mi
- Mobius Arch: 23.6 mi
- Lathe Arch: 23.6 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 23.6 mi
- Heart Arch: 23.6 mi
- Hitching Post Arch: 24.7 mi
- Dehy Park: 10.1 mi
- Independence Park: 10.7 mi
- Merritt Park: 15.8 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 17.5 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 17.8 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
- Kearsarge: 7.4 mi
- Bend City: 12.5 mi
- San Carlos: 13.3 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 10.2 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 10.3 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 16.2 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 4.9 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 7.5 mi
- Paiute Mural: 15.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Sawmill Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Split Mountain | NW 322° | 4,269 m | 9.1 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | NW 322° | 4,259 m | 13.2 mi |
| Balcony Peak | NW 322° | 4,237 m | 13.2 mi |
| University Peak | S 191° | 4,138 m | 11.9 mi |
| Birch Mountain | NNW 332° | 4,134 m | 11.4 mi |
| Mount Bolton Brown | NW 323° | 4,124 m | 11.1 mi |
| Mount Pinchot | WNW 294° | 4,114 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mount Prater | NW 323° | 4,107 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:38 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358799564
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