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Windy Point Cliffs

Windy Point Cliffs, seen from above at true elevation

Windy Point Cliffs is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,844 m. Sierra Buttes stands 2,617 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Boy Scout Wall, a cliff 1.2 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1844 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.42936, -120.66741
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Bowman Mountain: 2.0 mi
  • Red Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Fall Creek Mountain: 2.7 mi
  • Red Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Pyramid Peak: 3.0 mi
Historic sites: 28
  • Jolly Boys Mine: 5.7 mi
  • Jolly Boys Mine: 5.7 mi
  • CPRR Lookout: 9.4 mi
  • Sierra County Chinese Laborer Memorial: 10.2 mi
  • Forest Gift Shop: 10.6 mi
Cliffs: 26
  • Boy Scout Wall: 1.2 mi
  • Rediscovery Dome Right: 1.3 mi
  • Rediscovery Dome Left: 1.3 mi
  • Booth Point: 4.2 mi
  • Bell Point: 6.4 mi
Parks: 24
  • Emigrant Gap Historical Marker: 8.7 mi
  • Sierra City Community Center: 9.6 mi
  • Sierra City Community Park: 9.6 mi
  • Firepit: 9.9 mi
  • Kentucky Mine Historic Park: 10.2 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Fuller Lake Day Use Site: 5.6 mi
  • Woodcamp Day Use Site: 7.3 mi
  • Pass Creek Day Use Site: 8.7 mi
  • Day Use Area: 8.9 mi
  • Pass Creek Day Use Site: 8.9 mi
Museums: 11
Springs: 11
  • Switchback spring: 11.3 mi
  • Upper Derbec Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Derbec Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Willow Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Dawson Spring: 14.5 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Missouri Bar: 12.9 mi
  • Webber Lake: 14.1 mi
  • Illinois Bar: 17.2 mi
  • Edwards Crossing: 18.2 mi
  • China Wall: 20.2 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Waterfalls: 6
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 5
Beaches: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Dutch Flat Community Garden: 18.0 mi
  • Nisenan Garden: 22.8 mi
Artworks: 1
  • "Snowshoe" Thompson: 18.1 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Campbell Hot Springs: 19.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Windy Point Cliffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sierra ButtesN 5°2,617 m11.4 mi
English MountainE 79°2,552 m6.3 mi
Buzzard RoostESE 107°2,467 m13.4 mi
Black ButtesESE 112°2,447 m6.3 mi
Black ButtesESE 107°2,407 m6.6 mi
Red MountainSE 131°2,388 m9.4 mi
Meadow Lake HillE 96°2,382 m10.0 mi
Signal PeakSE 132°2,374 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:3719:5320:34
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:2016:0116:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373840445260686864544437

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bowman DAM, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358800671

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