Cliff · California
Rocky Point
Rocky Point is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,112 m. Mount Fillmore stands 2,344 m to the southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Crescent Hill, a peak 2.3 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1112 m
How to reach it
Coordinates39.84767, -120.97023
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Crescent Hill: 2.3 mi
- Claremont: 2.8 mi
- East Claremont: 3.3 mi
- Little Volcano: 4.1 mi
- Finger Board: 4.5 mi
Parks: 9
- Dame Shirley: 6.2 mi
- Central Plumas Recreation & Parks District: 6.7 mi
- Pioneer Park: 6.8 mi
- Gansner Park: 6.8 mi
- Mount Hough State Game Refuge: 12.4 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Sandy Point Day Use: 12.1 mi
- Jackson Creek Picnic Ground: 15.4 mi
- Tin Cup Diggins Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
- Convict Flat Picnic Site: 22.4 mi
- East Shore Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
Museums: 5
- Plumas County Museum: 6.2 mi
- Plumas County Museum: 6.2 mi
- Frank C. Reilly Museum: 11.4 mi
- Plumas-Eureka State Park Museum: 15.8 mi
- Downieville Museum: 21.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
- Indian Falls: 14.8 mi
- Fern Falls: 18.7 mi
- Frazier Falls: 19.9 mi
- Feather Falls: 21.5 mi
- Curtain Falls: 21.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Limestone Point: 4.1 mi
- Marble Cone: 9.9 mi
- Elephant Butte: 20.9 mi
- Ruby Bluff: 24.0 mi
Historic sites: 4
- Mammoth Mill: 15.3 mi
- Downie Chapter 1249: 21.2 mi
- Vehicle: 22.3 mi
- Sierra Buttes Fire Lookout: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Massack Rest Area: 8.9 mi
Nature reserves: 1
- Bucks Lake Wilderness: 14.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Rocky Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Fillmore | SE 142° | 2,344 m | 10.2 mi |
| Tower Rock | NE 45° | 2,342 m | 14.5 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | NE 38° | 2,325 m | 14.7 mi |
| Pilot Peak | SE 129° | 2,271 m | 7.0 mi |
| Taylor Rock | NE 38° | 2,220 m | 13.2 mi |
| Blue Nose Mountain | ESE 121° | 2,217 m | 9.9 mi |
| Gibraltar | SE 132° | 2,210 m | 13.8 mi |
| Mount Hough | NNE 18° | 2,201 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:56 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:00 | 16:43 |
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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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