Bodie Hills
The Bodie Hills is a low mountain range in Mono County, California, in the United States.[2] The highest peak is Potato Peak at an altitude of 10,220 ft (3,115 m).[1] The Bodie Hills are between Bridgeport and the Nevada border, where they become the Bodie Mountains in Mineral County, Nevada. The Sierra Nevada lies to the west. The mining district and town of Bodie, California, is located in the Bodie Hills.
| Bodie Hills | |
|---|---|
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | Potato Peak |
| Elevation | 3,115 m (10,220 ft)[1] |
| Geography | |
  Location of Bodie Hills in California[2] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| District | Mono County |
| Range coordinates | 38°15′20.704″N 119°5′24.528″W |
| Topo map | USGS Dome Hill |
Early Native American peoples of the Mono tribe and Northern Paiute people inhabited this locale and engaged in trade with distant coastal tribes such as the Chumash in Southern California.[3]
Bodie State Historic Park
The ghost town of Bodie is now located in Bodie State Historic Park. The preserved California mining district is also designated a National Historic Landmark and a California Historical Landmark. It became a California State Historic Park in 1962 and was opened to the public.[4]
Climate
| Climate data for Bodie Mountain (CA) 38.2270 N, 119.0781 W, Elevation: 9,885 ft (3,013 m) (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °F (°C) | 35.5 (1.9) |
34.9 (1.6) |
38.2 (3.4) |
42.7 (5.9) |
51.0 (10.6) |
61.4 (16.3) |
69.5 (20.8) |
68.7 (20.4) |
62.5 (16.9) |
52.6 (11.4) |
41.7 (5.4) |
35.0 (1.7) |
49.5 (9.7) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 25.7 (−3.5) |
24.5 (−4.2) |
27.2 (−2.7) |
30.8 (−0.7) |
38.6 (3.7) |
47.9 (8.8) |
55.6 (13.1) |
54.8 (12.7) |
48.9 (9.4) |
40.3 (4.6) |
31.4 (−0.3) |
25.5 (−3.6) |
37.6 (3.1) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 16.0 (−8.9) |
14.1 (−9.9) |
16.1 (−8.8) |
19.0 (−7.2) |
26.1 (−3.3) |
34.3 (1.3) |
41.7 (5.4) |
40.9 (4.9) |
35.2 (1.8) |
28.0 (−2.2) |
21.2 (−6.0) |
15.9 (−8.9) |
25.7 (−3.5) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 2.93 (74) |
2.71 (69) |
2.40 (61) |
1.40 (36) |
1.42 (36) |
0.59 (15) |
0.60 (15) |
0.47 (12) |
0.33 (8.4) |
0.86 (22) |
1.50 (38) |
2.49 (63) |
17.7 (449.4) |
| Source: PRISM Climate Group[5] | |||||||||||||
References
- Peak Visor. "Bodie Mountains". Retrieved October 8, 2023.
- "Bodie Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- Hogan, C. Michael. (2008) Morro Creek, The Megalithic Portal, ed. by A. Burnham
- Bodie State Historic Park. California Department of Parks and Recreation.
- "PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University". PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
To find the table data on the PRISM website, start by clicking Coordinates (under Location); copy Latitude and Longitude figures from top of table; click Zoom to location; click Precipitation, Minimum temp, Mean temp, Maximum temp; click 30-year normals, 1991-2020; click 800m; click Retrieve Time Series button.