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Altaville State Historic Landmark

Altaville State Historic Landmark from directly overhead

Altaville State Historic Landmark is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 470 m. Manuel Peak stands 1,354 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
470 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.08298, -120.55937

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Springs: 20
  • Gooseberry Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Vine Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Lord Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Turners Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Gold Spring: 8.4 mi
Museums: 15
Historic sites: 14
Attractions: 11
Picnic sites: 5
  • Heron Point Day Use: 7.0 mi
  • Lupine Day Use Area: 7.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 11.8 mi
  • Oak Leaf: 20.0 mi
  • Moccasin Point: 21.4 mi
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 4.9 mi
Gardens: 1
  • F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 9.4 mi
Beaches: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Altaville State Historic Landmark. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Manuel PeakNE 40°1,354 m14.5 mi
Cougar RockNE 42°1,297.56 m13.8 mi
Doud HillNE 53°1,264 m15.0 mi
Telegraph HillESE 107°1,128 m11.9 mi
Darby KnobENE 57°1,127 m11.3 mi
Rattlesnake HillENE 59°1,031 m12.7 mi
Bald MountainESE 116°1,016 m11.9 mi
Blewetts PointE 99°976 m10.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:14
June solstice05:4019:5020:29
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:1616:0516:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054586674818076665548
Precip in5.94.94.82.61.50.40.00.00.21.52.95.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Melones DAM HQ, 7 mi away.

  • Mule Deer32 obs
  • Acorn Woodpecker11 obs
  • Western Honey Bee11 obs
  • interior live oak11 obs
  • Arizona Mantis11 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay9 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard8 obs
  • Harlequin Bug8 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358832981

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