Slide Mountain
Slide Mountain rises to 3,383 m in California. Twin Peaks stands 3,756 m to the east, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is The Juggernaut, a peak 0.5 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 15 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49074574, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,382.8 m
How to reach it
- 14.8 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lembert Dome · 16 mi
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 16 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 17 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Juggernaut: 0.5 mi
- Crown Point: 1.4 mi
- Eocene Peak: 2.0 mi
- The Outpost: 2.1 mi
- Finger Peaks: 2.2 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 4.8 mi
- Cascade Falls: 9.8 mi
- Waterwheel Falls: 11.5 mi
- Lower Cathedral Creek Falls: 11.6 mi
- Upper Cathedral Creek Falls: 11.7 mi
- Jordan Spring: 13.0 mi
- Buck Springs: 13.1 mi
- Doe Springs: 13.5 mi
- Soda Springs: 15.5 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 16.8 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 11.8 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 14.7 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 15.5 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 15.6 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 15.8 mi
- Dore Cliff: 11.9 mi
- East Flange Rock: 20.5 mi
- Locomotive Point: 20.7 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 24.5 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 24.7 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 17.3 mi
- Bridgeport: 18.6 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 20.0 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 21.3 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 23.2 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 10.6 mi
- Dog Town: 14.5 mi
- Bennettville: 14.8 mi
- Bodie: 25.0 mi
- Mono County Museum: 16.2 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 16.3 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 20.0 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 24.9 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 16.8 mi
- Upside-Down House: 20.0 mi
- Indian Arch: 22.7 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 6.6 mi
- Danburg Beach: 17.7 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 18.0 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 18.3 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Slide Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Peaks | E 98° | 3,756 m | 4.8 mi |
| Matterhorn Peak | E 90° | 3,749 m | 3.5 mi |
| Twin Peaks-East Peak | E 98° | 3,731 m | 5.0 mi |
| The Dragtooth | E 85° | 3,695 m | 3.3 mi |
| Whorl Mountain | ESE 111° | 3,667 m | 3.7 mi |
| Virginia Peak | ESE 112° | 3,657 m | 5.1 mi |
| Cleaver Peak | ENE 74° | 3,617 m | 2.9 mi |
| Blacksmith Peak | ENE 71° | 3,616 m | 2.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:45 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 25 | 29 | 34 | 40 | 49 | 55 | 53 | 49 | 42 | 33 | 26 |
| Precip in | 6.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tuolumne Meadows RS, 16 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Yosemite National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Aug.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1659681 — Slide Mountain, Mono County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358807290
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 24 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 26 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 26 mi
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