Picnic site · California
Mile High Vista Picnic Area
Mile High Vista Picnic Area is a picnic site in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,650 m. Mount Givens stands 3,245 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Lookout Point, a peak 3.7 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1650 m
How to reach it
Coordinates37.31861, -119.35151
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Lookout Point: 3.7 mi
- Shuteye Peak: 4.7 mi
- Jump Off Point: 5.9 mi
- Source Point: 6.8 mi
- Peckinpah Mountain: 7.1 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- Whisky Falls: 5.3 mi
- Camino Falls: 7.9 mi
- Line Creek Falls: 9.1 mi
- Stevenson Creek Falls: 10.4 mi
- Angel Falls: 12.1 mi
Parks: 12
- Huntington Lake Game Refuge: 9.1 mi
- North Fork Recreation Area Memorial Park: 9.9 mi
- John S. Eastwood Park: 11.4 mi
- Fishing Club: 14.7 mi
- Shaver Lake Community Park: 15.1 mi
Picnic sites: 10
- Dowville Picnic Site: 8.9 mi
- Pine Point Day Use: 10.4 mi
- Rocky Point Picnic Ground: 10.4 mi
- Lakeside Day Use Area: 10.7 mi
- The Falls Picnic Site: 12.1 mi
Springs: 10
- Arnold Spring: 14.4 mi
- Little Eden: 18.3 mi
- Old Pedro: 18.4 mi
- Reed Pools: 18.4 mi
- Iodone Springs: 18.5 mi
Historic sites: 7
- Whites Cabin: 5.7 mi
- 786 Squadron Memorial: 11.3 mi
- Exact Center of California: 11.8 mi
- Heitz Meadow Guard Station: 14.5 mi
- China Camp: 16.7 mi
Cliffs: 7
- South Fork Bluffs: 7.8 mi
- Grand Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Big Sandy Bluff: 19.1 mi
- Junction Bluffs: 19.6 mi
- San Joaquin Butte: 20.3 mi
Museums: 7
- Sierra-Mono Indian Museum: 10.4 mi
- Museum of the Sierra: 13.8 mi
- Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park: 15.9 mi
- Thornberry Museum: 18.6 mi
- Mariposa Grove Museum: 19.1 mi
Attractions: 7
- Willow Creek Trail: 12.2 mi
- Bull Buck Tree: 14.7 mi
- Big Ed: 14.9 mi
- Mono Hot Springs Resort: 18.4 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 18.6 mi
Nature reserves: 4
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 4.9 mi
- Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 7.8 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 15.1 mi
- Big Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 23.0 mi
Hot springs: 3
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 23.3 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 23.3 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 23.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Arch Rock: 9.6 mi
Artworks: 1
- Oakhurst Mural: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Mile High Vista Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Givens | E 99° | 3,245 m | 16.5 mi |
| Sing Peak | N 353° | 3,201 m | 16.4 mi |
| Madera Peak | N 355° | 3,197 m | 15.2 mi |
| Kaiser Peak | E 100° | 3,142 m | 9.3 mi |
| Redtop | N 350° | 3,039 m | 16.0 mi |
| Red Mountain | ESE 123° | 3,013 m | 15.5 mi |
| Pincushion Peak | NE 51° | 2,885 m | 17.0 mi |
| Luck Point | E 95° | 2,884 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:43 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 34 | 36 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 62 | 56 | 47 | 40 | 35 |
| Precip in | 8.5 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 6.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Huntington Lake, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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