Cliff · California
Windy Point
Windy Point is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 684 m. McGuire Mountain stands 1,352 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Race Track Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 684 m
How to reach it
Coordinates39.08906, -120.91661
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Race Track Hill: 1.2 mi
- Indian Knoll: 1.4 mi
- Red Hill: 1.9 mi
- Kings Hill: 2.3 mi
- Second Sugarloaf: 2.4 mi
Parks
- Peoples Park: 3.5 mi
- Leroy E Botts Memorial Park: 7.1 mi
- Lodestar Park: 7.4 mi
- Park No 3: 8.3 mi
- Park No 2: 8.3 mi
Historic sites: 25
- Iowa Hill: 3.2 mi
- Wells Fargo vault: 3.2 mi
- Iowa Hill Fire: 3.2 mi
- Stevens Trail: 3.3 mi
- Old Bear River Bridge: 3.7 mi
Cliffs: 16
- Lovers Leap: 8.3 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Long Point: 8.7 mi
- Red Point: 12.3 mi
- Memorial Wall: 13.1 mi
Museums: 15
- Heritage Museum: 2.1 mi
- Foresthill Divide Museum: 7.1 mi
- North Star Museum: 11.6 mi
- Nevada County Narrow Guage Railroad Museum: 12.4 mi
- Nevada County Historical Society History Center: 12.5 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Picnic sites: 11
- Ralston Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- White Cloud Picnic Site: 16.3 mi
- Overlook Point Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
- Humbug Creek Picknic: 17.2 mi
- "Love Comes Softly" movie set: 19.7 mi
Attractions: 9
- cave: 1.5 mi
- Bourn Cottage: 10.9 mi
- Illinois Bar: 17.0 mi
- Edwards Crossing: 17.1 mi
- Emerald Pool: 17.8 mi
Springs: 9
- Dad Youngs Spring: 16.8 mi
- Oven Spring: 17.2 mi
- Government Spring: 17.3 mi
- Dawson Spring: 19.1 mi
- Holden Spring: 20.8 mi
Beaches: 7
- Dog Beach: 11.8 mi
- Tamaroo Bar: 15.4 mi
- Hoyt Crossing Nude Beach: 17.2 mi
- Oregon Bar: 17.3 mi
- Pine Island Beach: 18.7 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Red Dog: 8.9 mi
- Deadwood: 12.2 mi
- Ophir: 17.6 mi
- North Bloomfield: 19.3 mi
- Salmon Falls: 24.1 mi
Gardens: 4
- Prayer Garden: 4.9 mi
- Dutch Flat Community Garden: 9.1 mi
- Bourn Gardens: 10.9 mi
- Nisenan Garden: 13.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Codfish Falls: 6.7 mi
- Hidden Falls: 16.4 mi
- Rock Creek: 21.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Gold Run Westbound Rest Area: 7.0 mi
- Gold Run Eastbound Rest Area: 7.2 mi
- Alpha - Omega Rest Area: 17.9 mi
Artworks: 1
- Giant Indian Statues: 15.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Windy Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McGuire Mountain | NNE 30° | 1,352 m | 13.0 mi |
| Spaulding Point | NNE 33° | 1,333 m | 11.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf | NE 56° | 1,278 m | 10.3 mi |
| Cottage Home Hill | E 86° | 1,246 m | 6.9 mi |
| Frost Hill | NE 35° | 1,195 m | 8.9 mi |
| Banner Mountain | NNW 346° | 1,188 m | 11.1 mi |
| Hayden Hill | NE 54° | 1,159 m | 9.3 mi |
| Sugar Loaf | ESE 108° | 1,147 m | 10.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:54 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:03 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 47 | 50 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 76 | 72 | 62 | 51 | 45 |
| Precip in | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 5.1 | 8.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Colfax, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358779108
Day trips start here
- Colfax · 2 mi
- Placer County · 10 mi
- Grass Valley · 12 mi
- Auburn · 16 mi
- Coloma · 20 mi
- Placerville · 26 mi
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