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Round Mountain Conservation Easement

Round Mountain Conservation Easement from directly overhead

Round Mountain Conservation Easement is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 928 m. Cherry Hill stands 1,580 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
Bear Yuba Land Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates39.31879, -121.00471

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Round Mountain: 0.3 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 1.2 mi
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 3.2 mi
  • Montezuma Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Sugarloaf Peak: 3.6 mi
Parks: 41
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 3.2 mi
  • Tobiassen Park: 3.4 mi
  • Calanan Park: 3.9 mi
  • Hirschman's Pond: 4.1 mi
  • Rock Creek Nature Study Area: 4.4 mi
Historic sites: 25
  • Stamp Mill: 3.9 mi
  • Scott’s Flat Trail: 3.9 mi
  • Site of Old Wells Fargo Building: 3.9 mi
  • Stewart Mansion: 4.2 mi
  • Providence Mine: 4.5 mi
Cliffs: 19
Attractions: 9
  • Edwards Crossing: 1.4 mi
  • Emerald Pool: 1.6 mi
  • China Dam: 1.7 mi
  • Purdon Crossing: 2.3 mi
  • Illinois Bar: 2.3 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Overlook Point Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
  • Humbug Creek Picknic: 4.1 mi
  • White Cloud Picnic Site: 8.5 mi
  • Convict Flat Picnic Site: 14.4 mi
  • Collins Lake Group Picnic Area #1: 17.1 mi
Museums: 9
Springs: 8
  • Oven Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Jackies Orchard Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Holden Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Willow Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Derbec Spring: 8.4 mi
Beaches: 4
Gardens: 4
  • Nisenan Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Bourn Gardens: 8.0 mi
  • Dutch Flat Community Garden: 11.8 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 19.6 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Codfish Falls: 22.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Round Mountain Conservation Easement. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cherry HillENE 58°1,580 m13.0 mi
Remington HillE 97°1,477 m12.2 mi
Graveyard HillNNE 17°1,444 m12.2 mi
Negro Jack HillESE 107°1,401 m12.8 mi
McGuire MountainESE 112°1,352 m12.1 mi
Spaulding PointESE 120°1,333 m12.7 mi
Alaska PeakN 360°1,225 m9.0 mi
Snowden HillNNE 14°1,221 m14.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:16
June solstice05:3819:5520:35
September equinox06:5218:2719:03
December solstice07:2116:0216:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447515967747369594842
Precip in10.910.59.95.22.90.90.00.10.52.96.212.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nevada City, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/711424867

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