Big Stump
Big Stump is an attraction in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,426 m. Bear Top stands 2,589 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Campfire Center, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway runs past it.
This is a huge sequoia stump left from felling the first tree encountered by the discoverer of the grove in 1852. There are steps allowing visitors to access the top of the stump
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Limited
How to reach it
- On the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Liberty Vista Point · 13 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Doud Hill: 4.8 mi
- Repeater Hill: 5.0 mi
- Manuel Peak: 5.0 mi
- Blue Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Cougar Rock: 5.5 mi
- White Pines Park: 2.1 mi
- Leach Field: 5.9 mi
- Tuolumne State Game Refuge: 9.6 mi
- Brownsville State Historic Landmark: 12.5 mi
- Murphys State Historic Landmark: 12.9 mi
- San Antonio Spring: 0.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 2.2 mi
- Oak Leaf Spring: 2.4 mi
- Million Dollar Spring: 3.1 mi
- Cottage Spring: 6.9 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park Visitor Center: 0.1 mi
- Sierra Nevada Logging Museum: 2.2 mi
- Columbia Museum: 17.5 mi
- Angels Camp Museum: 19.1 mi
- Amador County Model Railroad Museum: 20.5 mi
- Campfire Center: 0.1 mi
- California Caverns: 12.2 mi
- Mercer Caverns: 12.8 mi
- Murphys Pokey: 13.0 mi
- Moaning Caverns Adventure Park: 16.8 mi
- Oak Leaf: 2.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 20.6 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 21.3 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 22.1 mi
- Heron Point Day Use: 23.1 mi
- Murphys: 12.8 mi
- Vallecito Western Mine: 16.6 mi
- Strawberry: 16.8 mi
- Grumman TS-2A Tracker: 18.1 mi
- Springfield Armory/School/Store: 18.6 mi
- McKays Point: 2.4 mi
- Calaveras Dome: 15.1 mi
- Bloods Point: 18.9 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 2.4 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 4.1 mi
- National Recreation Area: 22.5 mi
- Beach 1: 18.0 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 18.1 mi
- Beach 2: 18.2 mi
- Carson Hill: 20.4 mi
- French Flat: 22.9 mi
- Middle Bar: 24.1 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 16.6 mi
- Natural Bridge: 18.0 mi
- F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Big Stump. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Top | NE 43° | 2,589 m | 19.9 mi |
| Koala Top | NE 45° | 2,523 m | 20.6 mi |
| Flagpole Point | NE 40° | 2,413 m | 16.4 mi |
| Bull Run Rock | E 94° | 2,393 m | 19.8 mi |
| Osborne Hill | NE 49° | 2,381 m | 20.7 mi |
| Liberty Hill | ENE 61° | 2,302 m | 12.8 mi |
| Dome Rock | ENE 77° | 2,235 m | 18.4 mi |
| Sapps Hill | ENE 58° | 2,225 m | 17.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:03 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 38 | 40 | 45 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 10.6 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 9.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Calaveras BIG Trees, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/3781763840
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