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Fremont

Fremont from directly overhead

Fremont is a historic site in California, at a recorded elevation of 860 m. Pilot Knob stands 1,657 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Fremont Peak, a peak 6.9 miles away. 69 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
860 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.19085, -117.57704
Around it

69 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 25
Parks: 13
  • H Park: 7.7 mi
  • East Park: 8.8 mi
  • Silver Saddle Ranch and Club: 10.3 mi
  • Galileo Hill Park: 10.4 mi
  • Pioneer Park: 13.8 mi
Springs: 7
  • Bird Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Bedrock Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Mesquite Springs: 19.2 mi
  • Poison Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Willow Spring: 21.2 mi
Nature reserves: 7
  • Fremont Valley Ecological Reserve: 15.5 mi
  • Desert Tortoise Preserve: 16.8 mi
  • Desert Tortoise Natural Area: 17.4 mi
  • Desert Tortoise Habitat Area: 17.7 mi
  • Harper Dry Lake: 19.9 mi
Museums: 4
Historic sites: 4
  • Husky Monument: 14.8 mi
  • X-15 Memorial: 15.9 mi
  • Bickel Camp: 24.4 mi
  • Cudahy camp: 24.9 mi
Attractions: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Donley: 24.1 mi
  • Tamarisk Grove: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilot KnobNE 54°1,657 m24.4 mi
Black MountainNW 323°1,589 m24.7 mi
Red MountainN 358°1,580 m10.9 mi
Slocum MountainENE 71°1,541 m22.5 mi
Dome MountainNNE 12°1,514 m16.8 mi
Granite MountainENE 58°1,453 m22.6 mi
Government PeakNNW 334°1,419 m12.4 mi
El Paso PeaksNNW 339°1,382 m21.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2919:02
June solstice05:3719:3120:09
September equinox06:3918:1518:49
December solstice06:5616:0316:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F474954616979858477665446
Precip in1.41.61.00.40.10.00.20.20.20.50.50.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Randsburg, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/150932671

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