Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail
Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,352 m. White Mountain Peak stands 4,344 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Montenegro Spring, a spring 1.6 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- US Forest Service
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Clem Nelson Peak: 5.6 mi
- The Elephant: 6.5 mi
- Silver Peak: 6.7 mi
- Index Hill: 9.1 mi
- Montenegro Spring: 1.6 mi
- Black Canyon Spring: 3.7 mi
- Batchelder Spring: 5.0 mi
- Antelope Spring: 5.1 mi
- Sam's Spring: 5.3 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 11.4 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 11.8 mi
- Bishop City Park: 12.2 mi
- Tri County Fairgrounds: 12.6 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 14.6 mi
- Schulman Grove Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- Patriarch Grove Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 10.7 mi
- American Mule Museum: 12.3 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 13.3 mi
- Methuselah: 4.5 mi
- Saline Valley Road OHV Trailhead: 14.1 mi
- First Falls: 19.5 mi
- Second Falls: 19.6 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 12.0 mi
- White Mountain City: 12.1 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Mountain Peak | N 350° | 4,344 m | 22.5 mi |
| Mount Sill | SW 230° | 4,316 m | 23.3 mi |
| Middle Palisade | SW 223° | 4,278.2 m | 23.1 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | SW 223° | 4,258.6 m | 23.2 mi |
| Norman Clyde Peak | SW 224° | 4,245.2 m | 23.1 mi |
| Balcony Peak | SW 223° | 4,237.2 m | 23.2 mi |
| Apex Peak | SW 230° | 4,204.1 m | 23.3 mi |
| Birch Mountain | SW 217° | 4,134 m | 21.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:38 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 15:59 | 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 | 40 | 43 | 49 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bishop AP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10222864644
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