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Ruby Bluff

Ruby Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Ruby Bluff is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,655 m. Sierra Buttes stands 2,617 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Table Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1655 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.51267, -120.84856
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Table Mountain: 0.2 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 1.1 mi
  • Grizzly Peak: 3.2 mi
  • High Commission: 4.1 mi
  • Red Dog: 4.2 mi
Parks: 24
  • Malakoff Diggins-North Bloomfield Historic District: 10.4 mi
  • Sierra City Community Center: 11.9 mi
  • Sierra City Community Park: 12.1 mi
  • Kentucky Mine Historic Park: 12.7 mi
  • Rock Creek Nature Study Area: 15.4 mi
Historic sites: 19
  • Downie Chapter 1249: 3.5 mi
  • North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company, California Registered Historical Landmark No. 852: 10.5 mi
  • Sierra Buttes Fire Lookout: 12.1 mi
  • Sierra County Chinese Laborer Memorial: 12.8 mi
  • Jolly Boys Mine: 13.2 mi
Cliffs: 17
Picnic sites: 14
Museums: 10
Springs: 9
  • Upper Derbec Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Derbec Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Willow Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Holden Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Jackies Orchard Spring: 10.3 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Missouri Bar: 11.7 mi
  • Illinois Bar: 13.9 mi
  • Edwards Crossing: 14.5 mi
  • Emerald Pool: 15.9 mi
  • China Dam: 15.9 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Hackmans Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Loves Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Fern Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Frazier Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Feather Falls: 24.4 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 3
Gardens: 3
  • Nisenan Garden: 20.1 mi
  • Dutch Flat Community Garden: 21.2 mi
  • Bourn Gardens: 23.6 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Dog Beach: 17.7 mi
  • Hoyt Crossing Nude Beach: 19.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Ruby Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sierra ButtesENE 62°2,617 m12.1 mi
Fall Creek MountainESE 122°2,283 m13.9 mi
Bowman MountainESE 115°2,251 m12.9 mi
Pinoli PeakE 98°2,213 m10.7 mi
GibraltarNNE 15°2,210 m14.3 mi
Rattlesnake PeakNNE 15°2,168 m12.2 mi
Red HillESE 111°2,158 m13.2 mi
Red HillESE 113°2,145 m13.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:16
June solstice05:3719:5420:35
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:2116:0116:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394245505764706965554438
Precip in11.310.710.05.33.61.10.10.20.73.36.811.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Downieville, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358799494

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