Knight Monument
Knight Monument is a historic site in California, at a recorded elevation of 745 m. Banner Mountain stands 1,188 m to the east-northeast, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Gold Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away.
The story
park in Nevada County, California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49511681, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 745 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Gold Hill: 0.1 mi
- Granite Hill: 0.5 mi
- Ophir Hill: 1.6 mi
- Osborne Hill: 2.5 mi
- American Ranch Hill: 3.8 mi
- Minnie Park: 0.2 mi
- Condon Park: 0.4 mi
- Watt Park: 0.4 mi
- Elisabeth Daniels Park: 0.5 mi
- Nevada County Fairgrounds: 0.7 mi
- Providence Mine: 3.7 mi
- Stewart Mansion: 4.1 mi
- Cascade Canal Access Trail: 4.4 mi
- Stamp Mill: 4.5 mi
- Site of Old Wells Fargo Building: 4.5 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 9.5 mi
- Johnsons Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Granite Point: 11.8 mi
- Windy Point: 11.8 mi
- Rocky Point: 12.0 mi
- North Star Museum: 0.3 mi
- Nevada County Historical Society History Center: 3.4 mi
- Nevada County Narrow Guage Railroad Museum: 3.8 mi
- American Victorian Museum: 4.4 mi
- Firehouse Number 1 Museum: 4.5 mi
- Bourn Cottage: 1.2 mi
- Purdon Crossing: 8.1 mi
- China Dam: 8.5 mi
- Emerald Pool: 8.5 mi
- Bridgeport Covered Bridge: 8.7 mi
- Oven Spring: 6.3 mi
- Jackies Orchard Spring: 13.7 mi
- Holden Spring: 14.1 mi
- Willow Spring: 15.7 mi
- Derbec Spring: 16.1 mi
- Hoyt Crossing Nude Beach: 6.3 mi
- Pine Island Beach: 7.8 mi
- Dog Beach: 9.6 mi
- Collins Lake Beach: 15.9 mi
- Tamaroo Bar: 22.3 mi
- Overlook Point Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Humbug Creek Picknic: 11.4 mi
- White Cloud Picnic Site: 14.1 mi
- Collins Lake Group Picnic Area #1: 16.0 mi
- Convict Flat Picnic Site: 22.4 mi
- Bourn Gardens: 1.2 mi
- Nisenan Garden: 3.8 mi
- Dutch Flat Community Garden: 12.4 mi
- Prayer Garden: 13.2 mi
- Community Garden: 24.0 mi
- Red Dog: 9.1 mi
- North Bloomfield: 14.1 mi
- Deadwood: 22.4 mi
- Ophir: 22.4 mi
- Forest: 22.5 mi
- Gold Run Westbound Rest Area: 11.8 mi
- Gold Run Eastbound Rest Area: 11.9 mi
- Alpha - Omega Rest Area: 18.4 mi
- Codfish Falls: 16.1 mi
- Hidden Falls: 17.9 mi
- Eagle: 18.9 mi
- Giant Indian Statues: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Knight Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Mountain | ENE 68° | 1,188 m | 6.1 mi |
| Quaker Hill | ENE 66° | 1,126 m | 9.7 mi |
| Cold Spring Hill | ESE 106° | 1,123 m | 11.5 mi |
| Camel Hump | E 88° | 1,090 m | 11.7 mi |
| Round Mountain | NNE 27° | 1,004 m | 8.0 mi |
| Hayford Hill | ESE 118° | 980 m | 10.2 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | NNE 17° | 967 m | 11.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNE 20° | 950 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:41 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:55 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:03 | 16:45 |
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 | 43 | 45 | 48 | 51 | 59 | 66 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 58 | 48 | 43 |
| Precip in | 9.3 | 9.0 | 8.2 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 5.5 | 10.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grass Valley #2, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358768788
Day trips start here
- Grass Valley · 1 mi
- Colfax · 10 mi
- Placer County · 21 mi
- Auburn · 22 mi
- Coloma · 30 mi
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