Cliff · California
Red Point
Red Point is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,205 m. Snow Mountain stands 2,436 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Point Townsite, a historic site 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1205 m
How to reach it
Coordinates39.14851, -120.70104
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Sugarloaf: 3.4 mi
- Hayden Hill: 4.2 mi
- Helester Point: 4.5 mi
- Snakehead Point: 4.7 mi
- Cottage Home Hill: 6.0 mi
Parks: 33
- Peoples Park: 8.8 mi
- Leroy E Botts Memorial Park: 10.7 mi
- Emigrant Gap Historical Marker: 11.0 mi
- Firepit: 11.9 mi
- Rock Creek Nature Study Area: 15.9 mi
Cliffs: 31
- Lovers Leap: 6.0 mi
- Sailor Point: 7.4 mi
- Excelsior: 10.0 mi
- Big Crater: 10.6 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 11.2 mi
Historic sites: 27
- Red Point Townsite: 0.1 mi
- Bullion: 2.4 mi
- Derby: 3.0 mi
- Old Bird's Store (Tahoe NF): 8.3 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 8.3 mi
Springs: 13
- Government Spring: 5.6 mi
- Dawson Spring: 7.3 mi
- Dad Youngs Spring: 13.0 mi
- Coyote Spring: 16.0 mi
- Health Springs: 17.2 mi
Nature reserves: 9
- Towle Conservation Easement: 5.8 mi
- Auburn State Recreation Area: 10.3 mi
- Woodpecker Wildlife Preserve / Geri Bergen Memorial Forest: 16.8 mi
- Adam Ryan Wildlife Preserve: 18.0 mi
- Auburn State Recreation Area: 19.2 mi
Picnic sites: 9
- Ralston Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Lodgepole: 12.0 mi
- Day Use Area: 12.8 mi
- White Cloud Picnic Site: 14.0 mi
- Fuller Lake Day Use Site: 14.1 mi
Museums: 9
- Foresthill Divide Museum: 10.7 mi
- Heritage Museum: 13.9 mi
- Nevada County Narrow Guage Railroad Museum: 18.4 mi
- Firehouse Number 1 Museum: 18.7 mi
- American Victorian Museum: 18.8 mi
Attractions: 9
- cave: 12.4 mi
- Missouri Bar: 16.8 mi
- Illinois Bar: 19.0 mi
- Bourn Cottage: 19.1 mi
- Edwards Crossing: 19.7 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Gold Run Eastbound Rest Area: 8.3 mi
- Gold Run Westbound Rest Area: 8.5 mi
- Alpha - Omega Rest Area: 11.8 mi
- Donner Summit Rest Area: 23.5 mi
- Donner Lake Vista Point: 24.8 mi
Gardens: 4
- Dutch Flat Community Garden: 8.4 mi
- Prayer Garden: 16.7 mi
- Bourn Gardens: 19.1 mi
- Nisenan Garden: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Deadwood: 4.7 mi
- Red Dog: 11.6 mi
- North Bloomfield: 18.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- East Snow Mountain Falls: 15.0 mi
- Codfish Falls: 17.2 mi
- Rock Creek: 24.7 mi
Beaches: 2
- Dog Beach: 13.2 mi
- Hoyt Crossing Nude Beach: 22.9 mi
Artworks: 1
- "Snowshoe" Thompson: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Red Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Mountain | ENE 63° | 2,436 m | 14.2 mi |
| Little Bald Mountain | E 92° | 2,190 m | 10.3 mi |
| Duncan Peak | E 88° | 2,160 m | 10.1 mi |
| Sunflower Hill | E 83° | 2,137 m | 13.3 mi |
| Black Mountain | NNE 29° | 2,131 m | 10.6 mi |
| Quartz Mountain | NE 36° | 2,125 m | 10.2 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | NE 38° | 2,118 m | 14.7 mi |
| McIntosh Hill | NE 41° | 2,064 m | 13.0 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 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 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/358773367
Day trips start here
- Placer County · 6 mi
- Colfax · 14 mi
- Grass Valley · 20 mi
- Olympic Valley · 25 mi
- Coloma · 26 mi
- Auburn · 27 mi
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