White Mountain Peak
White Mountain Peak rises to 4,344 m in California. Mount Dubois stands 4,126 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Champion Spark Plug Mine High Camp, a historic site 3.2 miles away. 109 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.
The story
White Mountain Peak (or simply White Mountain), at 14,252 feet (4,344 m), is the highest peak in the White Mountains of California, the highest peak in Mono County, and the third highest peak in the state after Mount Whitney and Mount Williamson. Despite its name, the summit block of the peak has large swaths of very dark and colorful orange scree and rock; it is composed of Mesozoic metavolcanic rock, which is igneous rock altered by rising granite. It is the fourteenth most topographically prominent peak in the contiguous United States. White Mountain Peak is one of only two fourteeners (peaks above 14,000 feet) in California that are not in the Sierra Nevada, the other being Mount Shasta at the far northern end of the state in the Cascade Range. It is the only fourteener in the contiguous United States that is not in the Rocky Mountains, the Cascade Range, or the Sierra Nevada. It is in the Inyo-White Mountains.
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Wikidata Q4468440, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4344 m
How to reach it
109 named places within 25 miles
- Mount Barcroft: 3.6 mi
- Headley Peak: 4.1 mi
- Indian Peak: 5.1 mi
- Pinyon Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Piute Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Yellowjacket Spring: 13.9 mi
- Cedar Spring: 14.6 mi
- Goat Spring: 15.2 mi
- Coldwater Spring: 16.3 mi
- Antelope Spring: 16.9 mi
- Champion Spark Plug Mine High Camp: 3.2 mi
- Cabin: 18.0 mi
- Cabin: 18.0 mi
- Cabin: 18.2 mi
- Cabin: 18.3 mi
- Chalfant Park: 9.6 mi
- Fish Lake Valley Park: 9.9 mi
- Ida Lynn Parkinson Park: 17.7 mi
- Tri County Fairgrounds: 19.6 mi
- Bishop City Park: 19.9 mi
- Fish Lake Valley: 10.6 mi
- Arlemont: 16.3 mi
- Casa Diablo: 16.6 mi
- State Line: 17.6 mi
- White Mountain City: 20.9 mi
- Patriarch Grove Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Schulman Grove Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 22.5 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 17.0 mi
- American Mule Museum: 19.9 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 20.7 mi
- Upper Gorge: 19.0 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 19.3 mi
- Methuselah: 18.3 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 20.0 mi
- Fish Lake Valley Hot Well: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of White Mountain Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Dubois | NNW 335° | 4,126 m | 11.4 mi |
| The Jumpoff | NNW 337° | 4,126 m | 13.4 mi |
| Montgomery Peak | NNW 339° | 4,098 m | 15.2 mi |
| Boundary Peak | NNW 340° | 4,007 m | 15.6 mi |
| Mount Barcroft | S 173° | 3,979 m | 3.6 mi |
| Mount Hogue | NNW 339° | 3,884 m | 7.3 mi |
| Headley Peak | NNW 336° | 3,858 m | 4.1 mi |
| Piute Mountain | S 169° | 3,827 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:39 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 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 | 32 | 37 | 44 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dyer 5S, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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