Hornitos Park
Hornitos Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 256 m. Bullion Knob stands 1,297 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Quartz Mountain, a peak 1.9 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 28 miles off.
How to reach it
- 27.7 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Quartz Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Santa Cruz Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Cemetery Hill: 3.6 mi
- Table Top Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Bullion Hill: 5.0 mi
- Lake McSwain Recreational Area: 3.6 mi
- McClure Point Recreation Area: 7.6 mi
- Catheys Valley Park: 9.4 mi
- Bagby Recreation Area: 9.7 mi
- Barrett Cove Recreation Area: 9.9 mi
- Sheepcamp Spring: 3.5 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 6.0 mi
- Morning Star Spring: 8.2 mi
- Barrel Spring: 9.2 mi
- Fremont Spring: 9.9 mi
- The Northern Mariposa Country History Center: 14.6 mi
- Mariposa Museum and History Center: 14.6 mi
- Ag Museum: 15.5 mi
- California State Mining and Mineral Museum: 16.1 mi
- Agricultural Museum Of Merced County: 16.9 mi
- Fremont’s Fort: 8.6 mi
- Carol Tomlinson-Keasey Memorial Quad: 13.8 mi
- September 11, 2001 Memorial: 15.0 mi
- Tuolumne Gold Dredge: 16.0 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 22.1 mi
- Mount Ophir: 9.5 mi
- Agua Fria: 12.0 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 12.1 mi
- Cat Town: 12.8 mi
- Davis's Ferry: 23.5 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 11.0 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 12.6 mi
- Merced County Preserve: 13.2 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 13.3 mi
- Merced Grasslands: 13.3 mi
- Gardening Club Orchard: 13.3 mi
- Gardening Club: 14.1 mi
- Gardening Club: 14.1 mi
- Dedication Garden: 24.4 mi
- Moccasin Point: 23.2 mi
- Chowchilla Recreation Area: 23.6 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 24.1 mi
- Remote Camp: 24.7 mi
- Beginnings: 13.8 mi
- Bobcat: 13.9 mi
- Big Rufus: 14.1 mi
- Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 24.2 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 24.2 mi
- Dunn Court Beach: 24.5 mi
- Diana Falls: 19.7 mi
- Highway Patrol Weigh Station: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Hornitos Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bullion Knob | ENE 79° | 1,297 m | 11.6 mi |
| Fremont Peak | ENE 66° | 1,277 m | 9.7 mi |
| Bullion Mountain | ENE 66° | 1,272 m | 9.7 mi |
| Feliciana Mountain | ENE 70° | 1,250 m | 18.6 mi |
| Buckhorn Peak | NNE 29° | 1,147 m | 12.9 mi |
| Greeley Hill | NNE 15° | 1,101 m | 17.3 mi |
| Monotti Hill | NNE 25° | 1,056 m | 17.6 mi |
| Dudley Hill | NNE 21° | 1,053 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:47 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:06 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 50 | 54 | 59 | 67 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 73 | 64 | 53 | 46 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Merced, 21 mi away.
- Brewer's Blackbird7 obs
- European Starling6 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk4 obs
- White-crowned Sparrow4 obs
- Lewis's Woodpecker3 obs
- blue oak3 obs
- Wild Turkey2 obs
- Eurasian Collared-Dove2 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/671212385
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