McKays Point
McKays Point is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,267 m. Pinecrest Peak stands 2,574 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Leaf, a picnic site 1.9 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 2.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1267 m
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Liberty Vista Point · 14 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Doud Hill: 3.2 mi
- Repeater Hill: 4.1 mi
- Cone Hill: 4.6 mi
- Manuel Peak: 5.1 mi
- Cougar Rock: 5.2 mi
- White Pines Park: 3.0 mi
- Leach Field: 4.7 mi
- Tuolumne State Game Refuge: 8.6 mi
- Brownsville State Historic Landmark: 11.1 mi
- Murphys Skate Park: 11.6 mi
- Oak Leaf Spring: 2.0 mi
- Million Dollar Spring: 2.3 mi
- San Antonio Spring: 3.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 4.0 mi
- Burnt Corral Spring: 8.2 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park Visitor Center: 2.5 mi
- Sierra Nevada Logging Museum: 3.0 mi
- Columbia Museum: 15.6 mi
- Angels Camp Museum: 17.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial Military Museum: 18.5 mi
- Big Stump: 2.4 mi
- Campfire Center: 2.4 mi
- Murphys Pokey: 11.8 mi
- Mercer Caverns: 11.8 mi
- California Caverns: 11.9 mi
- Oak Leaf: 1.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 18.5 mi
- Heron Point Day Use: 21.4 mi
- Lupine Day Use Area: 21.5 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 22.4 mi
- Murphys: 11.7 mi
- Vallecito Western Mine: 15.3 mi
- Strawberry: 15.6 mi
- Grumman TS-2A Tracker: 16.2 mi
- Springfield Armory/School/Store: 16.6 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 2.1 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 2.9 mi
- National Recreation Area: 20.8 mi
- Beach 1: 16.8 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 16.9 mi
- Beach 2: 17.0 mi
- Calaveras Dome: 17.2 mi
- Bloods Point: 20.2 mi
- The Grotto: 23.8 mi
- Carson Hill: 18.8 mi
- French Flat: 21.1 mi
- Middle Bar: 24.9 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 15.0 mi
- Natural Bridge: 16.4 mi
- F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 20.5 mi
- Jawbone Falls: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of McKays Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinecrest Peak | E 94° | 2,574 m | 20.0 mi |
| Flagpole Point | NE 34° | 2,413 m | 17.9 mi |
| Bull Run Rock | E 88° | 2,393 m | 19.2 mi |
| Liberty Hill | NE 51° | 2,302 m | 13.6 mi |
| Dome Rock | ENE 69° | 2,235 m | 18.5 mi |
| Sapps Hill | NE 51° | 2,225 m | 18.6 mi |
| Pikes Peak | E 86° | 2,205 m | 17.7 mi |
| Shovel Grave | NNE 17° | 2,036 m | 17.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:04 | 16:45 |
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 | 38 | 38 | 40 | 45 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 10.6 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 9.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Calaveras BIG Trees, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358770460
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