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Long Point

Long Point, seen from above at true elevation

Long Point is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 364 m. Cottage Home Hill stands 1,246 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Auburn State Recreation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
364 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.97018, -120.96966
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Stony Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Hotchkiss Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Summit Hill: 2.7 mi
  • French Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Coyote Hill: 4.7 mi
Parks
  • Meadow Vista Park: 3.4 mi
  • Christian Valley Park: 3.7 mi
  • Canyon View Preserve: 5.2 mi
  • Park No 4: 6.2 mi
  • Ashford Park: 6.2 mi
Historic sites: 33
Museums: 28
Nature reserves: 21
Cliffs: 14
  • Scale Wall: 4.5 mi
  • Memorial Wall: 4.5 mi
  • Horseshoe Canyon: 4.5 mi
  • Wreckage Wall: 4.6 mi
  • Windy Point: 8.7 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Tamaroo Bar: 6.9 mi
  • Oregon Bar: 8.7 mi
  • Pit Stop Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Turrtle Bend: 17.2 mi
  • Dog Beach: 20.3 mi
Gardens: 7
  • Prayer Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Bourn Gardens: 17.0 mi
  • Dutch Flat Community Garden: 17.7 mi
  • Sherwood Demonstration Garden: 17.7 mi
  • Nisenan Garden: 20.2 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • "Love Comes Softly" movie set: 11.2 mi
  • Ralston Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
  • Antelope Creek Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
  • Sturzen Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
  • Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Codfish Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Rock Creek: 15.9 mi
  • Antelope Creek Falla: 18.1 mi
  • Pecker Falls: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Attractions: 5
  • cave: 9.9 mi
  • Bourn Cottage: 17.0 mi
  • Southwind Labradors: 19.7 mi
  • Cameron Park CSD Pool: 21.5 mi
  • Edwards Crossing: 24.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • Dad Youngs Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Wetland Preserve: 17.9 mi
  • Huff Mineral Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Oven Spring: 23.7 mi
  • Government Spring: 24.5 mi
Artworks: 4
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Long Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cottage Home HillNE 48°1,246 m13.0 mi
Sugar LoafENE 68°1,147 m13.6 mi
Sage HillENE 69°1,116 m12.3 mi
Grey Eagle HillESE 111°999 m11.1 mi
Jakeys HillE 88°998 m9.3 mi
Hayford HillNNE 17°980 m12.4 mi
Hotchkiss HillESE 115°973 m9.2 mi
First SugarloafNNE 31°936 m10.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:16
June solstice05:3919:5420:34
September equinox06:5218:2719:03
December solstice07:2016:0416:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475053566472787773645347
Precip in7.06.56.12.81.60.40.00.10.21.43.06.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Auburn, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358798618

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