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White Mountain

White Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

White Mountain rises to 2,662 m in California. Needham Mountain stands 3,816 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Angora Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away.

The story

mountain in the Golden Trout Wilderness

Wikidata Q49089384, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2662 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.25746, -118.47635

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 26
Waterfalls: 18
Historic sites: 6
Attractions: 6
  • Cabin 242: 19.9 mi
  • Cabin 236: 19.9 mi
  • Cabin 240: 19.9 mi
  • Cabin 234: 19.9 mi
  • R-Ranch Adult Building: 19.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Sunset Point Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
  • Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
  • Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 24.5 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Natural Arch: 9.0 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 9.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 18.4 mi
Parks: 1
  • Springville Veterans Memorial Park: 20.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of White Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Needham MountainNNW 346°3,816 m14.0 mi
Florence PeakNNW 338°3,788.7 m11.1 mi
Sawtooth PeakNNW 342°3,759 m14.4 mi
Bullfrog PeakNNW 337°3,755 m10.0 mi
Rainbow MountainNNW 340°3,656.2 m12.2 mi
Vandever MountainNNW 329°3,636 m11.4 mi
North Sawtooth PeakNNW 341°3,623 m14.9 mi
Falcon PeakNNW 327°3,583.8 m11.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:06
June solstice05:3819:3720:15
September equinox06:4318:1818:52
December solstice07:0216:0316:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054576676838277665547
Precip in4.94.34.02.51.20.40.10.00.21.22.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ASH MTN, 25 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358808881

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