Sheep Mountain
Sheep Mountain rises to 3,810 m in California. White Mountain Peak stands 4,344 m to the north-northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Piute Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. 101 named places lie within 25 miles, 45 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Mono County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49072832, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,810 m
How to reach it
101 named places within 25 miles
- Piute Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Campito Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Mount Barcroft: 4.1 mi
- County Line Hill: 4.2 mi
- Blanco Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Cedar Spring: 7.1 mi
- Goat Spring: 7.5 mi
- Coldwater Spring: 8.7 mi
- Black Canyon Spring: 11.2 mi
- Artesian Well: 12.6 mi
- Chalfant Park: 8.2 mi
- Fish Lake Valley Park: 13.5 mi
- Tri County Fairgrounds: 14.5 mi
- Bishop City Park: 14.7 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 16.7 mi
- Champion Spark Plug Mine High Camp: 8.4 mi
- Cabin: 10.4 mi
- Power Plant Ruin: 19.3 mi
- Bishop Creek Battleground: 19.3 mi
- Zurich: 24.0 mi
- Fish Lake Valley: 13.9 mi
- White Mountain City: 14.5 mi
- Casa Diablo: 18.7 mi
- Arlemont: 21.9 mi
- State Line: 24.6 mi
- Patriarch Grove Picnic Area: 1.1 mi
- Schulman Grove Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 14.8 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 11.4 mi
- American Mule Museum: 14.7 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 15.8 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 15.9 mi
- Upper Gorge: 19.6 mi
- Methuselah: 10.6 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 14.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sheep Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Mountain Peak | NNW 344° | 4,344 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Dubois | NNW 339° | 4,126 m | 19.0 mi |
| The Jumpoff | NNW 340° | 4,126 m | 21.0 mi |
| Montgomery Peak | NNW 341° | 4,098 m | 22.8 mi |
| Boundary Peak | NNW 342° | 4,007 m | 23.2 mi |
| Mount Barcroft | NNW 336° | 3,979 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount Hogue | NNW 342° | 3,884 m | 14.9 mi |
| Headley Peak | NNW 341° | 3,858 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:39 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:58 | 16:39 |
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 | 32 | 37 | 44 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dyer 5S, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 266073 — Sheep Mountain, Mono County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358799633
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