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Caboose train monument

Caboose train monument from directly overhead

Caboose train monument is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 37 m. Copperopolis Mountain stands 542 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Main Street Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Sante Fe red caboose train monument

How to reach it

Coordinates37.79420, -120.99265

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Main Street Park: 0.0 mi
  • Swanson Park: 0.4 mi
  • Latta Park: 0.5 mi
  • Brentwood Park: 0.6 mi
  • Reed Manor Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites: 22
Peaks: 18
Museums: 17
Gardens: 16
Artworks: 12
Attractions: 5
Springs: 4
  • Churchs Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Hicks Spring: 22.4 mi
  • Turners Spring: 23.3 mi
  • Gooseberry Spring: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Finnegan Falls: 16.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Mallard Group Picnic Area: 21.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Caboose train monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copperopolis MountainNE542 m23.6 mi
Flowers MountainENE477 m19.3 mi
Boucher MountainNE471 m18.8 mi
Abbotts PeakENE471 m23.8 mi
Lightner PeakENE471 m24.4 mi
Rushing MountainE460 m23.3 mi
Shirley MountainENE406 m18.2 mi
Hog HillENE395 m16.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4219:16
June solstice05:4319:5120:30
September equinox06:5318:2819:02
December solstice07:1716:0816:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485257616875797874655547
Precip in2.62.21.81.00.70.20.00.00.10.51.12.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Modesto AP, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5515362544

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