Cliff · California
Marble Cone
Marble Cone is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,051 m. Mount Fillmore stands 2,344 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Franklin Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1051 m
How to reach it
Coordinates39.78294, -121.13579
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Franklin Hill: 1.6 mi
- Mount Ararat: 2.6 mi
- Table Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Big Peak: 3.9 mi
- Little Peak: 4.0 mi
Parks: 17
- Dame Shirley: 14.5 mi
- Gansner Park: 14.9 mi
- Central Plumas Recreation & Parks District: 15.8 mi
- Pioneer Park: 15.8 mi
- Crain Memorial Park: 20.0 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Sandy Point Day Use: 8.8 mi
- Convict Flat Picnic Site: 20.4 mi
- Tin Cup Diggins Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
- Philbrook Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Rocky Point: 9.9 mi
- Elephant Butte: 13.6 mi
- Limestone Point: 13.8 mi
- East China Point: 22.2 mi
- Cape Horn: 23.0 mi
Museums: 5
- Frank C. Reilly Museum: 10.6 mi
- Plumas County Museum: 14.5 mi
- Plumas County Museum: 14.5 mi
- Downieville Museum: 22.5 mi
- Plumas-Eureka State Park Museum: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Brush: 15.5 mi
- Caribou: 20.6 mi
- Bloomer: 21.8 mi
- Bidwell's Bar: 22.6 mi
- Jamison: 24.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Feather Falls: 12.2 mi
- Curtain Falls: 12.2 mi
- Indian Falls: 21.3 mi
Historic sites: 2
- Downie Chapter 1249: 22.5 mi
- Mammoth Mill: 22.9 mi
Nature reserves: 1
- Bucks Lake Wilderness: 12.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Massack Rest Area: 18.7 mi
Springs: 1
- Frog Spring: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Marble Cone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Fillmore | ESE 104° | 2,344 m | 15.5 mi |
| Pilot Peak | E 90° | 2,271 m | 14.2 mi |
| Bald Eagle Mountain | NNW 334° | 2,179 m | 12.0 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | N 352° | 2,150 m | 12.5 mi |
| Spanish Peak | N 3° | 2,126 m | 10.5 mi |
| Table Rock | ESE 112° | 2,107 m | 14.5 mi |
| Claremont | NE 55° | 2,106 m | 12.3 mi |
| Finger Board | E 80° | 2,093 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:41 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:56 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:01 | 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 | 35 | 38 | 43 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 40 | 34 |
| Precip in | 7.6 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 4.1 | 7.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Quincy, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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