Yucca Mountain
Yucca Mountain rises to 1,497 m in California. Winter Alta stands 3,453 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Hidden Spring, a spring 2.2 miles away.
The story
Mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q49091400, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,497 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Burnt Point: 2.4 mi
- Colony Peak: 2.7 mi
- Ash Peaks: 3.5 mi
- Pattee Rocks: 4.4 mi
- Frys Point: 4.7 mi
- Hidden Spring: 2.2 mi
- Slide Spring: 5.1 mi
- Granite Spring: 5.4 mi
- Wall Spring: 5.5 mi
- Big Fern Springs: 5.8 mi
- Crystal Cave: 2.7 mi
- Sentinel Tree: 5.4 mi
- Booker T. Washington Tree: 5.6 mi
- Colonel Young Tree: 5.7 mi
- Auto Log: 5.7 mi
- Marble Falls: 4.5 mi
- Panther Creek Falls: 8.6 mi
- Tokopah Falls: 10.1 mi
- Lower Buck Creek Falls: 11.5 mi
- Viola Falls: 12.5 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 8.4 mi
- Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 11.3 mi
- Slick Rock Recreation Area: 11.6 mi
- Lake Kaweah Recreation Area: 12.9 mi
- Horse Creek Recreation Area: 13.4 mi
- Old Ranger Station: 3.5 mi
- Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 6.2 mi
- Alles Cabin: 13.2 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 13.8 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 15.6 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 6.5 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
- Columbine Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 5.4 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 8.7 mi
- Homer Ranch Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Dry Creek Preserve: 13.2 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 15.1 mi
- Jumping Rock: 15.2 mi
- Valhalla: 15.7 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 16.6 mi
- Bravo Lake Botanical Garden: 16.5 mi
- Bookie Bear: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Yucca Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Alta | E 81° | 3,453 m | 12.2 mi |
| Alta Peak | E 83° | 3,437 m | 11.5 mi |
| Mount Silliman | ENE 63° | 3,397 m | 10.8 mi |
| Tharps Rock | E 85° | 3,261 m | 11.2 mi |
| Twin Peaks | NE 54° | 3,194 m | 10.9 mi |
| Kettle Peak | NE 47° | 3,058 m | 10.4 mi |
| Santa Cruz Dome | ENE 68° | 2,923 m | 10.0 mi |
| Shell Mountain | NNE 25° | 2,920 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:39 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:04 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 54 | 57 | 66 | 76 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ASH MTN, 6 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 269384 — Yucca Mountain, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358800717
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