Sugar Loaf
Sugar Loaf rises to 1,548 m in California. Cirque Peak stands 3,930 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Dirty Socks Hot Spring, a hot spring 4.7 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off. 171 named places lie within 25 miles, 56 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49079058, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1548 m
How to reach it
- 14.1 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Father Crowley Vista Point · 18 mi
- Father Crowley Vista Point- Rainbow Canyon · 18 mi
- Padre Point · 18 mi
- Turnout · 29 mi
171 named places within 25 miles
- Silver Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Pinon Peak: 9.5 mi
- Iron Hill: 9.7 mi
- Eagle Point: 9.7 mi
- Malpais Mesa: 10.9 mi
- Lower Centennial Spring: 6.6 mi
- Upper Centennial Spring: 7.7 mi
- Black Spring: 8.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 12.1 mi
- Chappo Spring: 13.0 mi
- The Joshua Tree album location: 6.8 mi
- Viking/Talc Queen Camp: 8.9 mi
- Cerro Gordo: 11.7 mi
- Keeler Ruins: 11.8 mi
- Owens Lake-Silver Lead Furnace Historical Marker: 14.4 mi
- Dirty Socks: 7.9 mi
- Lemon Inn: 8.9 mi
- Owen's Lake - Plaza: 14.2 mi
- Boulder Creek: 14.8 mi
- Cerro Gordo Ghost Town: 15.7 mi
- Conglomerate Double Arch: 15.1 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 23.0 mi
- Palette Arch: 23.1 mi
- Taco Bell Arch: 23.8 mi
- Hitching Post Arch: 23.8 mi
- Keeler: 11.7 mi
- Swansea: 14.4 mi
- Coso: 15.6 mi
- Darwin: 15.7 mi
- Cerro Gordo Mines: 15.7 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 22.9 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 22.9 mi
- Chocolate Block: 23.0 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 23.0 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 24.4 mi
- Not A Through Street: 15.6 mi
- Egg: 15.6 mi
- Madonna: 15.6 mi
- Miss Alabama: 23.2 mi
- Darwin Falls: 19.0 mi
- Fossil Falls: 24.2 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 19.8 mi
- Spainhower Park: 23.0 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 22.4 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 22.8 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 4.7 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 8.5 mi
- Darwin community garden: 15.7 mi
- Coso Junction Rest Area: 19.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sugar Loaf. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cirque Peak | WNW 298° | 3,930 m | 23.4 mi |
| Woollyback | NW 305° | 3,913 m | 23.2 mi |
| The Fin | NW 305° | 3,878 m | 24.0 mi |
| Trailmaster Peak | WNW 297° | 3,817.6 m | 22.2 mi |
| Army Pass Point | WNW 301° | 3,770.07 m | 23.6 mi |
| Olancha Peak | WSW 256° | 3,695 m | 14.5 mi |
| Trail Peak | WNW 293° | 3,539 m | 19.6 mi |
| Kern Peak | W 269° | 3,499 m | 23.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:35 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 16:01 | 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 | 39 | 42 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Haiwee, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358793048
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