Mt Buckingham School (historic)
Mt Buckingham School (historic) is a historic site in California, at a recorded elevation of 962 m. Tempo Dome stands 2,393 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Buckingham Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 16 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 962 m
How to reach it
- 16.0 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 17 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buckingham Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Magoon Hill: 1.6 mi
- Kirby Peak: 2.1 mi
- Sweetwater Point: 4.6 mi
- Wildcat Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Alder Creek Falls: 10.9 mi
- Chinquapin Falls: 11.3 mi
- Lower Chilnualna Falls: 11.4 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 12.3 mi
- Chilnualna Fall: 12.4 mi
- Midpines Park: 4.6 mi
- Mariposa Art Park: 7.4 mi
- Mariposa Park: 7.5 mi
- Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park: 11.1 mi
- El Portal Park: 11.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 5.9 mi
- Big Spring: 6.1 mi
- Barrel Spring: 9.8 mi
- Apple Tree Spring: 11.8 mi
- Fremont Spring: 13.4 mi
- California State Mining and Mineral Museum: 7.1 mi
- Mariposa Museum and History Center: 7.7 mi
- Yosemite History Center: 10.0 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Museum: 11.2 mi
- Thornberry Museum: 11.4 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 10.1 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Gold Rush BBQ: 11.3 mi
- Summit Meadow: 14.7 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 11.2 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 11.2 mi
- Mariposa Welcome Plaza: 11.3 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 11.4 mi
- Grizzly Giant: 12.9 mi
- Fireplace Bluffs: 16.9 mi
- Rockslides: 17.2 mi
- Profile Cliff: 18.6 mi
- The Fissures: 18.6 mi
- Glacier Point: 20.6 mi
- September 11, 2001 Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Fremont’s Fort: 16.6 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 21.0 mi
- World Heritage Site: 21.0 mi
- Women's Club Building: 21.0 mi
- Agua Fria: 10.4 mi
- Mount Ophir: 12.6 mi
- Cat Town: 16.5 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 24.3 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 14.8 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Mt Buckingham School (historic). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tempo Dome | NE 47° | 2,393 m | 13.7 mi |
| Devil Peak | E 80° | 2,114 m | 5.3 mi |
| Chowchilla Mountain | NE 56° | 2,105 m | 5.4 mi |
| Wawona Dome | ENE 77° | 2,105 m | 12.5 mi |
| Wawona Point | E 89° | 2,076 m | 12.9 mi |
| Hogan Mountain | ESE 103° | 2,007 m | 9.5 mi |
| Crow Peak | E 96° | 1,953 m | 5.4 mi |
| Iron Mountain | NE 55° | 1,894 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:46 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:04 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 36 | 39 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 65 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 7.6 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SO Entrance Yosemite NP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358799783
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 21 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 22 mi
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