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Excelsior

Excelsior, seen from above at true elevation

Excelsior is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,223 m. Black Buttes stands 2,447 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Remington Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1223 m
Getting there

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Coordinates39.28268, -120.77077
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Remington Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Negro Jack Hill: 1.3 mi
  • McGuire Mountain: 2.5 mi
  • Spaulding Point: 4.3 mi
  • Scott Hill: 6.0 mi
Parks: 43
  • Emigrant Gap Historical Marker: 6.3 mi
  • Rock Creek Nature Study Area: 8.4 mi
  • Malakoff Diggins-North Bloomfield Historic District: 9.1 mi
  • Firepit: 9.7 mi
  • Peoples Park: 12.8 mi
Cliffs: 31
Historic sites: 27
  • Jolly Boys Mine: 5.9 mi
  • Jolly Boys Mine: 5.9 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial Highway: 8.3 mi
  • Chinese Railroad Workers: 8.3 mi
  • Scott’s Flat Trail: 9.3 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • White Cloud Picnic Site: 4.7 mi
  • Fuller Lake Day Use Site: 7.7 mi
  • Lodgepole: 9.3 mi
  • Humbug Creek Picknic: 9.5 mi
  • Day Use Area: 9.7 mi
Springs: 12
  • Government Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Derbec Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Upper Derbec Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Dawson Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Willow Spring: 10.0 mi
Museums: 12
Attractions: 11
  • Missouri Bar: 7.5 mi
  • Illinois Bar: 10.9 mi
  • Edwards Crossing: 11.9 mi
  • Emerald Pool: 14.2 mi
  • China Dam: 14.4 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Waterfalls: 5
Rest areas: 4
Gardens: 4
  • Dutch Flat Community Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Nisenan Garden: 14.1 mi
  • Bourn Gardens: 15.7 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Beaches: 3
Artworks: 1
  • "Snowshoe" Thompson: 22.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Excelsior. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black ButtesNE 56°2,447 m13.8 mi
Red MountainENE 73°2,388 m13.2 mi
Signal PeakENE 73°2,374 m13.1 mi
Grouse RidgeNE 50°2,351 m11.1 mi
Fall Creek MountainNE 42°2,283 m11.4 mi
Sand RidgeNE 50°2,264 m13.4 mi
Bowman MountainNE 36°2,251 m12.8 mi
Sand RidgeNE 49°2,247 m13.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:3819:5420:34
September equinox06:5218:2619:02
December solstice07:2016:0216:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F403942455362707065564539
Precip in10.610.18.95.14.11.10.00.20.63.67.210.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blue Canyon Nyack AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358765624

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