Wonoga Peak
Wonoga Peak rises to 3,163 m in California. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Walt's Point, a historic site 0.7 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q49090841, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,163 m
How to reach it
- 28.7 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Timosea Peak: 2.4 mi
- Owens Point: 2.5 mi
- Flat Top: 4.4 mi
- Woollyback: 5.3 mi
- Trail Peak: 5.6 mi
- Indian Spring: 5.8 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 10.7 mi
- Reinhackle Spring: 14.3 mi
- French Spring: 14.9 mi
- Iron Spring: 15.3 mi
- Boulder Creek: 8.0 mi
- Yellow Sky (movie site): 8.2 mi
- Lone Ranger Canyon (movie site): 8.3 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 8.3 mi
- Django Unchained (movie site): 8.3 mi
- Walt's Point: 0.7 mi
- Cousin Jack: 8.6 mi
- Mount Whitney Pack Trains: 8.7 mi
- Owens Lake-Silver Lead Furnace Historical Marker: 12.1 mi
- Old dump truck bed: 12.7 mi
- Palette Arch: 7.0 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 7.0 mi
- Taco Bell Arch: 8.3 mi
- Hitching Post Arch: 8.3 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 8.5 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 16.7 mi
- Administration Circle Garden: 16.8 mi
- Bk 9 Mess Hall Garden: 16.8 mi
- Kado's Garden: 16.9 mi
- Barracks Garden: 16.9 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 6.9 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 6.9 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 7.0 mi
- Chocolate Block: 7.0 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 8.4 mi
- Swansea: 12.2 mi
- Keeler: 13.6 mi
- Cerro Gordo Mines: 18.3 mi
- Cerro Gordo,California, United States: 18.3 mi
- San Carlos: 22.2 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 6.5 mi
- Spainhower Park: 9.2 mi
- Merritt Park: 17.2 mi
- Independence Park: 22.2 mi
- Dehy Park: 22.8 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 8.7 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 9.0 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 17.0 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 22.5 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 22.6 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 16.5 mi
- Volcano Falls: 17.8 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 19.2 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 19.4 mi
- Miss Alabama: 7.9 mi
- Paiute Mural: 17.1 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 14.2 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 16.0 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 12.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Wonoga Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | NW 304° | 4,420 m | 11.7 mi |
| Keeler Needle | WNW 304° | 4,361 m | 11.6 mi |
| Crooks Peak | WNW 304° | 4,342 m | 11.5 mi |
| Lewis Peak | WNW 303° | 4,307 m | 11.4 mi |
| Mount Russell | NW 308° | 4,296 m | 12.1 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | WNW 303° | 4,289 m | 11.4 mi |
| Mount Langley | WNW 293° | 4,277 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Muir | WNW 301° | 4,275 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:36 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 85 | 83 | 76 | 64 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 274565 — Wonoga Peak, Inyo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358802469
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