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Negro Jack Point

Negro Jack Point, seen from above at true elevation

Negro Jack Point is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 314 m. Telegraph Hill stands 1,128 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is O Byrne Ferry Historical Monument, a park 0.5 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
314 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.88965, -120.57909
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • O Byrne Ferry Historical Monument: 0.5 mi
  • South Shore Recreation Area: 0.9 mi
  • Private Park: 3.4 mi
  • Copperopolis Town Square Park: 7.0 mi
  • Tuttletown Recreation Area: 7.4 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 18
Museums: 15
Springs: 12
  • Turners Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Churchs Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Hicks Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Gooseberry Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Salt Spring: 12.8 mi
Attractions: 7
Picnic sites: 5
  • Lupine Day Use Area: 7.5 mi
  • Heron Point Day Use: 7.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 12.6 mi
  • Moccasin Point: 13.9 mi
  • Remote Camp: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Cocklebur Beach: 16.0 mi
  • Dunn Court Beach: 20.8 mi
  • Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 20.8 mi
  • Lake Lodge Beach: 21.4 mi
Cliffs: 3
Nature reserves: 2
  • Red Hills: 7.2 mi
  • National Recreation Area: 8.1 mi
Gardens: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 12.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Negro Jack Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Telegraph HillNE 52°1,128 m15.8 mi
Tip Top PeakESE 103°1,018 m17.8 mi
Bald MountainNE 55°1,016 m14.3 mi
Buckhorn MountainENE 74°1,005 m17.2 mi
Blewetts PointNE 45°976 m16.5 mi
Mount EatonE 80°951 m19.4 mi
Jones HillE 97°947 m19.2 mi
Moccasin PeakESE 113°894 m14.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:4119:4920:29
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:1516:0616:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054586674818076665548
Precip in5.94.94.82.61.50.40.00.00.21.52.95.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Melones DAM HQ, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358771493

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