Cliff · California
Lupine Point
Lupine Point is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,184 m. Grouse Ridge stands 2,351 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is White Cloud Picnic Site, a picnic site 1.2 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1184 m
How to reach it
Coordinates39.33379, -120.85355
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Pleasant Point: 1.7 mi
- Buck Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Buck Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Remington Hill: 4.8 mi
- Quaker Hill: 5.3 mi
Parks: 40
- Malakoff Diggins-North Bloomfield Historic District: 3.4 mi
- Rock Creek Nature Study Area: 4.6 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 9.7 mi
- Tobiassen Park: 10.0 mi
- Calanan Park: 10.1 mi
Historic sites: 27
- North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company, California Registered Historical Landmark No. 852: 4.0 mi
- Scott’s Flat Trail: 5.9 mi
- Jolly Boys Mine: 7.8 mi
- Jolly Boys Mine: 7.8 mi
- Site of Old Wells Fargo Building: 10.0 mi
Cliffs: 17
- Excelsior: 5.7 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 8.7 mi
- Independence Point: 9.4 mi
- Bell Point: 10.4 mi
- Sailor Point: 10.8 mi
Picnic sites: 14
- White Cloud Picnic Site: 1.2 mi
- Humbug Creek Picknic: 4.3 mi
- Overlook Point Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Fuller Lake Day Use Site: 10.7 mi
- Lodgepole: 13.8 mi
Springs: 10
- Derbec Spring: 4.2 mi
- Upper Derbec Spring: 4.4 mi
- Willow Spring: 4.6 mi
- Holden Spring: 6.1 mi
- Jackies Orchard Spring: 6.9 mi
Museums: 10
- Firehouse Number 1 Museum: 10.0 mi
- American Victorian Museum: 10.2 mi
- Nevada County Narrow Guage Railroad Museum: 10.6 mi
- Nevada County Historical Society History Center: 11.0 mi
- North Star Museum: 14.5 mi
Attractions: 9
- Missouri Bar: 1.8 mi
- Illinois Bar: 5.9 mi
- Edwards Crossing: 7.0 mi
- Emerald Pool: 9.4 mi
- China Dam: 9.5 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Ghost towns: 4
- North Bloomfield: 3.4 mi
- Red Dog: 8.5 mi
- Forest: 10.9 mi
- Deadwood: 19.6 mi
Gardens: 4
- Dutch Flat Community Garden: 8.9 mi
- Nisenan Garden: 10.9 mi
- Bourn Gardens: 13.6 mi
- Prayer Garden: 21.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Hackmans Falls: 19.7 mi
- Loves Falls: 21.5 mi
- East Snow Mountain Falls: 22.6 mi
- Codfish Falls: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Alpha - Omega Rest Area: 5.5 mi
- Gold Run Eastbound Rest Area: 10.6 mi
- Gold Run Westbound Rest Area: 10.7 mi
Beaches: 3
- Dog Beach: 5.8 mi
- Hoyt Crossing Nude Beach: 12.3 mi
- Pine Island Beach: 20.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Lupine Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grouse Ridge | ENE 74° | 2,351 m | 13.4 mi |
| Fall Creek Mountain | ENE 68° | 2,283 m | 13.0 mi |
| Bowman Mountain | ENE 60° | 2,251 m | 13.8 mi |
| Grouse Ridge | ENE 78° | 2,189 m | 12.6 mi |
| Red Hill | ENE 59° | 2,158 m | 14.7 mi |
| Red Hill | ENE 60° | 2,145 m | 14.3 mi |
| Black Mountain | ESE 105° | 2,131 m | 13.7 mi |
| Quartz Mountain | ESE 108° | 2,125 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:54 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 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/358769898
Day trips start here
- Grass Valley · 14 mi
- Colfax · 17 mi
- Placer County · 20 mi
- Sierra County · 26 mi
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