Murphys State Historic Landmark
Murphys State Historic Landmark is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 661 m. Blue Mountain stands 1,835 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Murphys Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 8.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 661 m
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Liberty Vista Point · 26 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Murphys Park: 0.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
- Feeney Park: 0.7 mi
- Murphys Skate Park: 0.8 mi
- Brownsville State Historic Landmark: 1.4 mi
- Soapstone Hill: 2.1 mi
- Bald Mountain: 3.2 mi
- High Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Mineral Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Red Hill: 4.0 mi
- Lord Spring: 5.8 mi
- Vine Spring: 6.0 mi
- Gold Spring: 6.8 mi
- Ruby Hill Spring: 12.4 mi
- San Antonio Spring: 12.7 mi
- Angels Camp Museum: 6.2 mi
- Columbia Museum: 7.9 mi
- Sierra Nevada Logging Museum: 11.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial Military Museum: 11.4 mi
- Tuolumne County Museum: 11.4 mi
- Murphys: 0.1 mi
- Vallecito Western Mine: 3.7 mi
- Mark Twain Monument: 6.2 mi
- Grumman TS-2A Tracker: 7.9 mi
- Springfield Armory/School/Store: 8.5 mi
- Murphys Pokey: 0.1 mi
- Mercer Caverns: 1.2 mi
- Moaning Caverns Adventure Park: 4.8 mi
- California Caverns: 5.1 mi
- Big Stump: 12.9 mi
- Heron Point Day Use: 10.8 mi
- Lupine Day Use Area: 11.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 11.4 mi
- Oak Leaf: 13.6 mi
- Moccasin Point: 22.5 mi
- Carson Hill: 7.9 mi
- French Flat: 11.4 mi
- Chinese Camp: 18.5 mi
- Middle Bar: 19.1 mi
- National Recreation Area: 10.5 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 13.8 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 14.2 mi
- Red Hills: 19.4 mi
- McKays Point: 11.7 mi
- The Grotto: 14.6 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 16.7 mi
- Negro Jack Point: 18.3 mi
- Dunn Court Beach: 24.2 mi
- Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 24.5 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 24.8 mi
- Natural Bridge: 5.8 mi
- F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 11.6 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Murphys State Historic Landmark. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain | NNE 21° | 1,835 m | 15.1 mi |
| Repeater Hill | ENE 59° | 1,672 m | 15.4 mi |
| Crandall Peak | E 85° | 1,664 m | 17.4 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NNE 17° | 1,566 m | 17.1 mi |
| Elizabeth Peak | ESE 114° | 1,486 m | 12.8 mi |
| Mount Provo | ESE 122° | 1,479 m | 16.5 mi |
| Mount Knight | E 80° | 1,458 m | 12.3 mi |
| Manuel Peak | NNE 29° | 1,354 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:26 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:05 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 54 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 81 | 80 | 76 | 66 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 5.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Melones DAM HQ, 9 mi away.
- interior live oak16 obs
- House Sparrow10 obs
- California poppy9 obs
- valley oak8 obs
- California Sister8 obs
- Acorn Woodpecker7 obs
- blue oak7 obs
- California buckeye7 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 node/358832969
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