Wild Horse Mountain
Wild Horse Mountain rises to 2,639 m in California. Mount Patterson stands 3,552 m to the southeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Wild Horse Spring, a spring 0.9 miles away. Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway passes 16 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49089898, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,639 m
How to reach it
- 15.8 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
- 19.2 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Middle Sister: 5.5 mi
- East Sister: 5.6 mi
- South Sister: 5.9 mi
- Round Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Black Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Wild Horse Spring: 0.9 mi
- Jackass Spring: 1.9 mi
- Fourth of July Spring: 2.2 mi
- Upper Risue Canyon Spring: 4.8 mi
- Indian Spring: 5.6 mi
- Mountain Gate Park: 3.3 mi
- Walker Community Park: 4.8 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 12.0 mi
- Topaz Lake Park: 13.6 mi
- Bridgeport: 13.7 mi
- Nugent Cabin: 7.8 mi
- Clinton: 10.4 mi
- Hoye Bridge: 14.0 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 20.3 mi
- Old Jail: 21.0 mi
- Llewellyn Falls: 12.3 mi
- Silver Falls: 15.2 mi
- Carson Falls: 15.9 mi
- Leavitt Falls: 17.1 mi
- Sardine Falls: 19.6 mi
- Sweetwater: 12.6 mi
- Pine Grove: 17.9 mi
- Rockland: 18.3 mi
- Masonic: 19.0 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 12.2 mi
- Walker River Hot Spring: 22.5 mi
- Booker Hot Spring: 22.8 mi
- Mono County Museum: 20.7 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 20.7 mi
- Alpine County Museum: 24.0 mi
- Aspen Glen Reserve: 5.5 mi
- Carson-Iceberg Wilderness: 21.2 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 6.5 mi
- The Elbow: 20.2 mi
- Locomotive Point: 21.2 mi
- Hangman's Cave: 23.1 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Wild Horse Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Patterson | SE 143° | 3,552 m | 7.9 mi |
| Wheeler Peak | SE 143° | 3,545 m | 9.4 mi |
| Walker Mountain | SSW 192° | 3,524 m | 20.6 mi |
| Leavitt Peak | SW 220° | 3,516 m | 21.8 mi |
| Sonora Peak | SW 228° | 3,484 m | 17.8 mi |
| White Mountain | SW 230° | 3,470 m | 15.7 mi |
| South Sister | ESE 122° | 3,463 m | 5.9 mi |
| Stanislaus Peak | WSW 236° | 3,426 m | 17.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:46 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
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 | 35 | 38 | 43 | 48 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Topaz Lake, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 237757 — Wild Horse Mountain, Mono County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358778887
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