Cliff · California
Sailor Point
Sailor Point is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,565 m. Black Buttes stands 2,447 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Scott Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1565 m
How to reach it
Coordinates39.25407, -120.67910
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Scott Hill: 0.8 mi
- Texas Hill: 2.3 mi
- Helester Point: 2.9 mi
- Black Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Quartz Mountain: 4.9 mi
Parks: 32
- Emigrant Gap Historical Marker: 3.6 mi
- Firepit: 5.6 mi
- Rock Creek Nature Study Area: 13.6 mi
- Peoples Park: 13.8 mi
- Malakoff Diggins-North Bloomfield Historic District: 14.2 mi
Historic sites: 31
- Jolly Boys Mine: 7.1 mi
- Jolly Boys Mine: 7.1 mi
- Red Point Townsite: 7.5 mi
- Forest Gift Shop: 8.4 mi
- CPRR Lookout: 9.3 mi
Cliffs: 29
- Excelsior: 5.3 mi
- Red Point: 7.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 8.8 mi
- Lupine Point: 10.8 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 11.8 mi
Picnic sites: 14
- Lodgepole: 5.5 mi
- Day Use Area: 6.1 mi
- Fuller Lake Day Use Site: 6.7 mi
- White Cloud Picnic Site: 9.9 mi
- Humbug Creek Picknic: 14.8 mi
Springs: 13
- Government Spring: 3.6 mi
- Dawson Spring: 4.3 mi
- Derbec Spring: 14.3 mi
- Upper Derbec Spring: 14.4 mi
- Health Springs: 14.6 mi
Museums: 12
- Donner Summit Historical Society: 16.7 mi
- Foresthill Divide Museum: 17.7 mi
- Firehouse Number 1 Museum: 18.1 mi
- Heritage Museum: 18.2 mi
- Nevada County Narrow Guage Railroad Museum: 18.2 mi
Attractions: 11
- Missouri Bar: 12.7 mi
- Illinois Bar: 16.2 mi
- cave: 16.6 mi
- Edwards Crossing: 17.1 mi
- Emerald Pool: 19.5 mi
Nature reserves: 10
- Towle Conservation Easement: 7.8 mi
- Woodpecker Wildlife Preserve / Geri Bergen Memorial Forest: 16.6 mi
- Auburn State Recreation Area: 17.4 mi
- Round Mountain Conservation Easement: 18.0 mi
- Burton Homestead Preserve: 18.7 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Alpha - Omega Rest Area: 5.8 mi
- Gold Run Eastbound Rest Area: 10.5 mi
- Gold Run Westbound Rest Area: 10.7 mi
- Donner Summit Rest Area: 19.1 mi
- Donner Lake Vista Point: 20.9 mi
Waterfalls: 5
- East Snow Mountain Falls: 12.4 mi
- Hackmans Falls: 21.2 mi
- Weber Falls: 22.1 mi
- Loves Falls: 22.8 mi
- Codfish Falls: 23.1 mi
Gardens: 4
- Dutch Flat Community Garden: 9.2 mi
- Nisenan Garden: 18.9 mi
- Bourn Gardens: 20.0 mi
- Prayer Garden: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Deadwood: 12.0 mi
- Red Dog: 12.1 mi
- North Bloomfield: 14.2 mi
- Forest: 18.8 mi
Beaches: 3
- Dog Beach: 12.0 mi
- Hoyt Crossing Nude Beach: 21.7 mi
- China Cove Beach: 23.3 mi
Artworks: 1
- "Snowshoe" Thompson: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Sailor Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Buttes | NNE 34° | 2,447 m | 11.7 mi |
| Snow Mountain | E 94° | 2,436 m | 11.6 mi |
| Black Buttes | NE 34° | 2,407 m | 12.3 mi |
| Red Mountain | NE 53° | 2,388 m | 9.7 mi |
| Signal Peak | NE 53° | 2,374 m | 9.6 mi |
| Old Man Mountain | NE 46° | 2,362 m | 11.6 mi |
| Grouse Ridge | NNE 21° | 2,351 m | 9.8 mi |
| Devils Peak | E 81° | 2,290 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:53 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:01 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358799530
Day trips start here
- Placer County · 14 mi
- Colfax · 18 mi
- Grass Valley · 20 mi
- Olympic Valley · 24 mi
- Sierra County · 25 mi
- Truckee · 26 mi
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