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Jailhouse Rock

Jailhouse Rock, seen from above at true elevation

Jailhouse Rock is a cliff in California, at a modelled elevation of 283 m. Telegraph Hill stands 1,128 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is O Byrne Ferry Historical Monument, a park 1.3 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
50 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.90747, -120.55817
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • O Byrne Ferry Historical Monument: 1.3 mi
  • South Shore Recreation Area: 2.5 mi
  • Private Park: 3.2 mi
  • Tuttletown Recreation Area: 5.8 mi
  • Copperopolis Town Square Park: 6.8 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 14
Museums: 14
Springs: 12
  • Turners Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Hicks Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Churchs Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Gooseberry Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Gold Spring: 12.6 mi
Attractions: 7
Picnic sites: 5
  • Lupine Day Use Area: 5.9 mi
  • Heron Point Day Use: 6.0 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 11.0 mi
  • Moccasin Point: 13.3 mi
  • Remote Camp: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Cocklebur Beach: 17.2 mi
  • Dunn Court Beach: 19.8 mi
  • Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 19.9 mi
  • Lake Lodge Beach: 20.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
Nature reserves: 2
  • National Recreation Area: 6.5 mi
  • Red Hills: 6.7 mi
Gardens: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 11.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Jailhouse Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Telegraph HillNE 53°1,128 m14.1 mi
Tip Top PeakESE 108°1,018 m17.0 mi
Bald MountainENE 57°1,016 m12.7 mi
Buckhorn MountainENE 77°1,005 m15.8 mi
Blewetts PointNE 45°976 m14.8 mi
Mount EatonE 83°951 m18.1 mi
Jones HillESE 102°947 m18.3 mi
Moccasin PeakESE 119°894 m14.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:14
June solstice05:4119:4920:29
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:1516:0616:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054586674818076665548
Precip in5.94.94.82.61.50.40.00.00.21.52.95.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Melones DAM HQ, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/806477834

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