Cat Town
Cat Town is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 686 m. Pilot Peak stands 1,826 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Buckhorn Peak, a peak 2.3 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 15 miles off.
ghost town in Mariposa County, California, United States
How to reach it
- 15.1 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buckhorn Peak: 2.3 mi
- Quartz Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Virginia Point: 3.9 mi
- Coalpit Hill: 4.1 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 4.3 mi
- Bagby Recreation Area: 3.1 mi
- Coulterville Main Street Historic District: 7.5 mi
- Coulterville Park: 7.5 mi
- Hunters Valley Point Recreation Area: 7.5 mi
- Greeley Hill County Park: 7.6 mi
- Morning Star Spring: 5.0 mi
- Fremont Spring: 5.8 mi
- Barrel Spring: 11.7 mi
- Pilot Peak Spring: 12.3 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 12.5 mi
- Diana Falls: 7.2 mi
- Carlon Falls: 17.3 mi
- Little Nellie Falls: 17.5 mi
- Chinquapin Falls: 18.3 mi
- Foresta Falls: 18.3 mi
- The Northern Mariposa Country History Center: 7.5 mi
- Mariposa Museum and History Center: 12.5 mi
- California State Mining and Mineral Museum: 14.6 mi
- Groveland Museum: 15.5 mi
- Groveland Jail: 15.5 mi
- Fremont’s Fort: 4.3 mi
- September 11, 2001 Memorial: 13.0 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 13.9 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 16.5 mi
- Tuolumne Gold Dredge: 21.2 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 13.3 mi
- Remote Camp: 14.1 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Carlon Day Use Area: 17.1 mi
- Moccasin Point: 18.5 mi
- Merced Grove: 15.5 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 16.7 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 16.7 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 17.7 mi
- Heisler #2 Steam Engine: 23.3 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 8.1 mi
- Mount Ophir: 9.1 mi
- Agua Fria: 11.6 mi
- Chinese Camp: 24.4 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 15.2 mi
- Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 15.4 mi
- Dunn Court Beach: 15.7 mi
- Fireplace Bluffs: 22.8 mi
- Rockslides: 24.0 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 23.7 mi
- Red Hills: 24.7 mi
- Dedication Garden: 13.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Cat Town. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Peak | NE 46° | 1,826 m | 11.7 mi |
| Brown Peak | E 92° | 1,715 m | 15.6 mi |
| Sawmill Mountain | NNE 34° | 1,600 m | 15.1 mi |
| Big Grizzly Mountain | ENE 64° | 1,575 m | 11.7 mi |
| Trumbull Peak | ENE 76° | 1,521 m | 12.8 mi |
| Sweetwater Point | ESE 115° | 1,406 m | 12.3 mi |
| Buckingham Mountain | ESE 123° | 1,367 m | 15.2 mi |
| Little Grizzly Mountain | ENE 64° | 1,323 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:47 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:05 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 44 | 48 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 6.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groveland 2, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location confirmed against Wikidata.
WikidataDay trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 29 mi
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