Sonora Peak
Sonora Peak rises to 3,484 m in California. Tower Peak stands 3,582 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Sonora Crag, a peak 1.2 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.
The story
Sonora Peak is a mountain in the Central Sierra Nevada of California north of Sonora Pass. Located on the boundary between Alpine and Mono counties, it is the highest point in Alpine County. Due to the high elevation, most of the precipitation this mountain receives consists of snow.
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Wikidata Q7562221, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3484 m
How to reach it
- 16.2 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 25 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sonora Crag: 1.2 mi
- White Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Stanislaus Peak: 2.7 mi
- Wells Peak: 4.1 mi
- Night Cap Peak: 4.4 mi
- Salt Spring: 10.8 mi
- Doe Springs: 12.8 mi
- Lava Springs: 13.5 mi
- Buck Springs: 13.7 mi
- Wild Horse Spring: 18.3 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 6.1 mi
- Bridgeport: 6.3 mi
- Douglas Picnic Ground: 7.5 mi
- Walker Community Park: 13.9 mi
- Mountain Gate Park: 14.7 mi
- Sardine Falls: 3.2 mi
- Leavitt Falls: 4.6 mi
- Silver Falls: 4.8 mi
- Llewellyn Falls: 7.5 mi
- Carson Falls: 9.7 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 18.3 mi
- Old Jail: 18.8 mi
- Nugent Cabin: 21.1 mi
- Clinton: 22.4 mi
- Strawberry: 23.3 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 11.7 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 21.2 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 21.7 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 22.2 mi
- Beach 2: 22.3 mi
- Beach 1: 22.3 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 23.9 mi
- East Flange Rock: 10.7 mi
- Bloods Point: 23.8 mi
- Hangman's Cave: 24.3 mi
- Mono County Museum: 23.0 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 23.1 mi
- Alpine County Museum: 24.9 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 9.2 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 24.5 mi
- Carson-Iceberg Wilderness: 10.9 mi
- Aspen Glen Reserve: 15.3 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 12.8 mi
- Peep Sight: 15.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Sonora Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Peak | SSE 162° | 3,581.8 m | 15.2 mi |
| Walker Mountain | SE 133° | 3,524 m | 12.0 mi |
| Leavitt Peak | S 190° | 3,516 m | 4.8 mi |
| Hanna Mountain | SE 145° | 3,491 m | 14.0 mi |
| White Mountain | NNE 32° | 3,470 m | 2.1 mi |
| Flatiron Butte | SE 144° | 3,470 m | 13.3 mi |
| Stanislaus Peak | NW 321° | 3,426 m | 2.7 mi |
| Forsyth Peak | SSE 168° | 3,408.3 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:47 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 36 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 64 | 62 | 56 | 45 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridgeport, 23 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 234894 — Sonora Peak, Mono County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358776249
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