The Elephant
The Elephant rises to 1,686 m in California. White Mountain Peak stands 4,344 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Cuna Spring, a spring 1.1 miles away. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49082373, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,686 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Crystal Peak: 3.8 mi
- Mount Nunn: 5.0 mi
- Sentinal Peak: 6.3 mi
- Clem Nelson Peak: 7.5 mi
- Index Hill: 7.6 mi
- Cuna Spring: 1.1 mi
- Antelope Spring: 1.4 mi
- Sam's Spring: 1.5 mi
- Bog Mound Springs: 2.3 mi
- Corral Springs: 4.3 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 16.4 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 16.7 mi
- Bishop City Park: 18.3 mi
- Tri County Fairgrounds: 18.6 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 20.7 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 6.5 mi
- Schulman Grove Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
- Patriarch Grove Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 16.2 mi
- American Mule Museum: 18.3 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 19.4 mi
- White Mountain City: 6.8 mi
- Palmetto: 21.8 mi
- Methuselah: 6.6 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 18.1 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 22.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Elephant. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Mountain Peak | NNW 334° | 4,344 m | 23.6 mi |
| Mount Barcroft | NNW 330° | 3,979 m | 20.2 mi |
| Piute Mountain | NNW 328° | 3,827 m | 17.1 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | NNW 329° | 3,810 m | 16.1 mi |
| Campito Mountain | NNW 328° | 3,522 m | 13.9 mi |
| County Line Hill | NNW 327° | 3,429 m | 11.9 mi |
| Blanco Mountain | NNW 330° | 3,420 m | 10.9 mi |
| Round Mountain | WSW 248° | 3,407 m | 21.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:38 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 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 | 40 | 43 | 49 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bishop AP, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1667220 — The Elephant, Inyo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358816221
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