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Chinese Camp

Chinese Camp from directly overhead

Chinese Camp is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 387 m. Elizabeth Peak stands 1,486 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mark Twain Bret Harte Trail - Chinese Camp, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off.

census-designated place in Tuolumne County, California

How to reach it

Coordinates37.87028, -120.43333

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Springs: 24
  • Freeze-Out Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Salt Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Gold Spring: 12.3 mi
  • McNulty Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Vine Spring: 13.0 mi
Historic sites: 13
Museums: 11
Attractions: 7
Picnic sites: 5
  • Moccasin Point: 6.0 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 8.4 mi
  • Lupine Day Use Area: 8.8 mi
  • Heron Point Day Use: 9.3 mi
  • Remote Camp: 16.8 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 4
Beaches: 4
  • Dunn Court Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 12.8 mi
  • Lake Lodge Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Cocklebur Beach: 23.8 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Red Hills: 1.4 mi
  • National Recreation Area: 8.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 13.0 mi
Gardens: 1
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Chinese Camp. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elizabeth PeakNE 37°1,486 m16.7 mi
Mount ProvoNE 52°1,479 m15.8 mi
Murphy PeakENE 62°1,365 m16.8 mi
Wet Meadow HillENE 78°1,206 m15.0 mi
SugarloafE 83°1,180 m15.8 mi
Telegraph HillNNE 22°1,128 m12.0 mi
Grapevine PointE 85°1,108 m16.9 mi
Greeley HillESE 120°1,101 m17.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:4119:4920:28
September equinox06:5018:2619:00
December solstice07:1516:0616:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444650536168757469605044
Precip in6.35.55.43.01.50.30.00.10.21.63.25.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sonora, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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