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Cement

Cement from directly overhead

Cement is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 128 m. Mount Vaca stands 857 m to the northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Cement Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away.

ghost town located in Solano County, California

The record

What the record says

Founded
1902
Abandoned
1927
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.29278, -121.99611
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Cement Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Suisun Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Drakes Point: 5.8 mi
  • Luco Hill: 6.8 mi
  • Ephlin Hill: 7.1 mi
Parks
  • Linear Park Trail: 0.9 mi
  • Gary Falati Neighborhood Park: 1.0 mi
  • Linear Park Trail: 1.1 mi
  • Laurel Creek Park: 1.3 mi
  • Meadow Park: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Pioneer Monument: 3.2 mi
  • William Gordon Huff: 3.3 mi
  • Solano County Vietnam War Memorial: 4.1 mi
  • Rockville Stone Chapel: 7.5 mi
  • Cordelia: 9.3 mi
Attractions: 54
  • Suisun Marsh Overlook: 4.6 mi
  • Jelly Belly: 5.9 mi
  • Cool Patch Pumpkins: 12.6 mi
  • Fig Tree: 13.2 mi
  • Napa Valley Wine Train: 15.6 mi
Artworks: 47
Nature reserves: 34
Picnic sites: 34
  • Laflin Park Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
  • Peacock Roost Area: 15.6 mi
  • Parkview Area: 15.6 mi
  • Upper Vista Area: 15.6 mi
  • Lower Vista Area: 15.6 mi
Museums: 32
  • Pena Adobe Park: 3.3 mi
  • Travis Air Force Base Aviation Museum: 3.8 mi
  • Vacaville Museum: 4.4 mi
  • Center for Freedom & Flight: 6.0 mi
  • American Armory Museum: 6.1 mi
Gardens: 20
  • The Grove: 2.0 mi
  • Demonstration Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Vacaville's Demonstration Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Pauline Davidson Living Memorial Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Fairfield Rose Garden: 3.9 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Waterfalls: 2
  • Green Valley Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Haraszthy Falls: 22.9 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Playpen: 19.8 mi
  • Kite beach: 19.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 15.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Sulfur Springs: 16.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Cement. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount VacaNW 321°857 m9.5 mi
Atlas PeakNW 307°814 m18.1 mi
Signal HillNW 320°726 m7.5 mi
Iron MountainNW 320°694 m23.1 mi
Wild Cow MountainNNW 343°685 m21.2 mi
Edgar PeakNNW 346°682 m22.9 mi
Twin SistersW 276°659 m9.6 mi
Mount GeorgeWNW 286°572 m12.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4619:5620:36
September equinox06:5618:3219:07
December solstice07:2216:1016:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495256606571747472655548
Precip in4.75.03.31.50.70.20.00.00.11.12.55.4

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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