Ward Mountain
Ward Mountain rises to 687 m in California. Crow Peak stands 1,953 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Moore Hill, a peak 1.5 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 28 miles off.
The story
mountain in Mariposa County, California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49087582, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 687 m
How to reach it
- 27.8 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Moore Hill: 1.5 mi
- Knob Hill: 2.6 mi
- Illinois Hill: 3.1 mi
- Lacy Hill: 4.0 mi
- Bald Rock: 4.0 mi
- Catheys Valley Park: 6.0 mi
- Mariposa Park: 7.7 mi
- Mariposa Art Park: 7.8 mi
- Eastman Lake Recreation Area: 10.5 mi
- Midpines Park: 11.4 mi
- Apple Tree Spring: 5.3 mi
- Big Spring: 7.5 mi
- Barrel Spring: 7.7 mi
- Specimen Springs: 9.1 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 9.5 mi
- California State Mining and Mineral Museum: 6.9 mi
- Mariposa Museum and History Center: 8.1 mi
- Ag Museum: 19.7 mi
- Coarsegold Historic Museum: 20.1 mi
- Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park: 20.5 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 20.7 mi
- Mariposa Welcome Plaza: 22.6 mi
- Big Ed: 23.5 mi
- Bull Buck Tree: 23.9 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 23.9 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 20.8 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 21.5 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 21.7 mi
- Merced County Preserve: 22.7 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 23.3 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 20.8 mi
- Corlieu Falls: 21.3 mi
- Lower Chilnualna Falls: 23.9 mi
- Alder Creek Falls: 24.1 mi
- Angel Falls: 24.2 mi
- Chowchilla Recreation Area: 10.6 mi
- Gold Rush BBQ: 21.5 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 21.6 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
- The Falls Picnic Site: 24.2 mi
- Agua Fria: 7.5 mi
- Mount Ophir: 10.0 mi
- Cat Town: 19.0 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 24.0 mi
- September 11, 2001 Memorial: 7.8 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 13.5 mi
- Fremont’s Fort: 15.9 mi
- Carol Tomlinson-Keasey Memorial Quad: 22.8 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 20.0 mi
- Beginnings: 22.8 mi
- Bobcat: 22.9 mi
- Big Rufus: 23.0 mi
- Gardening Club Orchard: 22.4 mi
- Gardening Club: 23.1 mi
- Gardening Club: 23.1 mi
- Highway Patrol Weigh Station: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Ward Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crow Peak | ENE 58° | 1,953 m | 17.5 mi |
| Kirby Peak | NE 49° | 1,642 m | 15.3 mi |
| Pilot Peak | ENE 76° | 1,586 m | 17.4 mi |
| Sweetwater Point | NNE 27° | 1,406 m | 15.0 mi |
| Buckingham Mountain | NE 39° | 1,367 m | 13.0 mi |
| Miami Mountain | ENE 78° | 1,304 m | 14.7 mi |
| Bullion Knob | N 354° | 1,297 m | 11.0 mi |
| Fremont Peak | NNW 344° | 1,277 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:46 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:06 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 36 | 39 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 65 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 7.6 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SO Entrance Yosemite NP, 23 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358778304
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