Fremont’s Fort
Fremont’s Fort is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 677 m. Pilot Peak stands 1,826 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Bagby Recreation Area, a park 1.6 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 19 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- General John C. Fremont, 1813-1890. A noted military man, explorer, topographer, senator & businessman, Fremont was also a miner. He settled in Mariposa County living just outside Bear Valley. He operated the Josephine, Pine Tree & Princeton mines and ot
How to reach it
- 19.0 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Williams Peak: 2.7 mi
- Fremont Peak: 3.3 mi
- Bullion Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 4.8 mi
- Quartz Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Bagby Recreation Area: 1.6 mi
- Hunters Valley Point Recreation Area: 7.7 mi
- McClure Point Recreation Area: 8.4 mi
- Hornitos Park: 8.6 mi
- Coulterville Main Street Historic District: 9.4 mi
- Morning Star Spring: 2.6 mi
- Fremont Spring: 3.4 mi
- Barrel Spring: 8.2 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 8.4 mi
- Sheepcamp Spring: 9.7 mi
- Diana Falls: 11.5 mi
- Little Nellie Falls: 20.8 mi
- Chinquapin Falls: 20.9 mi
- Foresta Falls: 21.2 mi
- Carlon Falls: 21.4 mi
- The Northern Mariposa Country History Center: 9.4 mi
- Mariposa Museum and History Center: 10.8 mi
- California State Mining and Mineral Museum: 12.9 mi
- Groveland Jail: 18.3 mi
- Groveland Museum: 18.3 mi
- September 11, 2001 Memorial: 11.3 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 16.6 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 17.7 mi
- Tuolumne Gold Dredge: 19.6 mi
- Carol Tomlinson-Keasey Memorial Quad: 22.4 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 16.0 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Remote Camp: 17.9 mi
- Moccasin Point: 20.2 mi
- Carlon Day Use Area: 21.2 mi
- Cat Town: 4.3 mi
- Mount Ophir: 6.0 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 8.4 mi
- Agua Fria: 9.1 mi
- Merced Grove: 19.1 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 19.4 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 19.4 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 21.4 mi
- Dedication Garden: 17.7 mi
- Gardening Club Orchard: 22.0 mi
- Gardening Club: 22.7 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 18.4 mi
- Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 18.6 mi
- Dunn Court Beach: 18.8 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 19.6 mi
- Merced Grasslands: 21.9 mi
- Merced County Preserve: 21.9 mi
- Beginnings: 22.5 mi
- Bobcat: 22.6 mi
- Big Rufus: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Fremont’s Fort. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Peak | NE 40° | 1,826 m | 15.9 mi |
| Big Grizzly Mountain | NE 54° | 1,575 m | 15.4 mi |
| Trumbull Peak | ENE 64° | 1,521 m | 16.0 mi |
| Sweetwater Point | E 95° | 1,406 m | 13.1 mi |
| Buckingham Mountain | ESE 107° | 1,367 m | 15.2 mi |
| Little Grizzly Mountain | NE 53° | 1,323 m | 14.2 mi |
| Bullion Knob | SE 126° | 1,297 m | 6.3 mi |
| Fremont Peak | SE 127° | 1,277 m | 3.3 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, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13717381405
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