Cliff · California
Lovers Leap
Lovers Leap is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,220 m. Black Mountain stands 2,131 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Towle Conservation Easement, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1220 m
How to reach it
Coordinates39.17462, -120.80771
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Bogus Point: 1.4 mi
- Snakehead Point: 1.4 mi
- Frost Hill: 1.6 mi
- Hayden Hill: 1.8 mi
- Sugarloaf: 2.7 mi
Parks: 50
- Peoples Park: 5.2 mi
- Leroy E Botts Memorial Park: 10.5 mi
- Rock Creek Nature Study Area: 10.7 mi
- Emigrant Gap Historical Marker: 12.0 mi
- Calanan Park: 12.8 mi
Cliffs: 25
- Chalk Bluff: 5.3 mi
- Red Point: 6.0 mi
- Excelsior: 7.7 mi
- Windy Point: 8.3 mi
- Sailor Point: 8.8 mi
Historic sites: 24
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 2.4 mi
- Chinese Railroad Workers: 2.4 mi
- Stevens Trail: 5.4 mi
- Iowa Hill Fire: 5.5 mi
- Wells Fargo vault: 5.5 mi
Museums: 12
- Heritage Museum: 9.4 mi
- Foresthill Divide Museum: 10.6 mi
- Nevada County Narrow Guage Railroad Museum: 12.4 mi
- Firehouse Number 1 Museum: 12.8 mi
- Nevada County Historical Society History Center: 12.8 mi
Springs: 11
- Government Spring: 9.5 mi
- Dawson Spring: 11.3 mi
- Derbec Spring: 15.5 mi
- Upper Derbec Spring: 15.6 mi
- Willow Spring: 15.7 mi
Attractions: 9
- cave: 7.8 mi
- Missouri Bar: 12.5 mi
- Bourn Cottage: 13.1 mi
- Illinois Bar: 13.8 mi
- Edwards Crossing: 14.3 mi
Picnic sites: 8
- White Cloud Picnic Site: 10.1 mi
- Ralston Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Humbug Creek Picknic: 13.1 mi
- Overlook Point Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Lodgepole: 14.3 mi
Nature reserves: 7
- Towle Conservation Easement: 1.0 mi
- Auburn State Recreation Area: 10.7 mi
- Woodpecker Wildlife Preserve / Geri Bergen Memorial Forest: 10.9 mi
- Adam Ryan Wildlife Preserve: 12.5 mi
- Burton Homestead Preserve: 14.0 mi
Gardens: 4
- Dutch Flat Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Bourn Gardens: 13.1 mi
- Prayer Garden: 13.2 mi
- Nisenan Garden: 13.4 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Red Dog: 5.7 mi
- Deadwood: 9.1 mi
- North Bloomfield: 14.3 mi
- Forest: 22.0 mi
Beaches: 4
- Dog Beach: 7.8 mi
- Hoyt Crossing Nude Beach: 17.1 mi
- Pine Island Beach: 22.1 mi
- Tamaroo Bar: 23.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Gold Run Eastbound Rest Area: 2.3 mi
- Gold Run Westbound Rest Area: 2.5 mi
- Alpha - Omega Rest Area: 10.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Codfish Falls: 14.6 mi
- East Snow Mountain Falls: 19.8 mi
- Hidden Falls: 24.5 mi
Artworks: 1
- Giant Indian Statues: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Lovers Leap. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | NE 55° | 2,131 m | 13.1 mi |
| Quartz Mountain | ENE 61° | 2,125 m | 13.4 mi |
| Canada Hill | E 89° | 2,048 m | 14.9 mi |
| Sugar Pine Point | ENE 70° | 1,882 m | 15.0 mi |
| Clyde Mountain | NE 34° | 1,846 m | 14.0 mi |
| Whisky Hill | E 84° | 1,776 m | 12.5 mi |
| Texas Hill | ENE 64° | 1,704 m | 9.8 mi |
| Scott Hill | NE 54° | 1,625 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:53 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:02 | 16:44 |
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 | 40 | 39 | 42 | 45 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 70 | 65 | 56 | 45 | 39 |
| Precip in | 10.6 | 10.1 | 8.9 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 7.2 | 10.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blue Canyon Nyack AP, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358798657
Day trips start here
- Colfax · 9 mi
- Placer County · 9 mi
- Grass Valley · 14 mi
- Auburn · 24 mi
- Coloma · 26 mi
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