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San Joaquin River Gorge Management Area

San Joaquin River Gorge Management Area from directly overhead

San Joaquin River Gorge Management Area is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 422 m. Ely Mountain stands 2,091 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is San Joaquin River Gorge Special Recreation Management Area, a park 1.1 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
422 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.08773, -119.54680

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites: 22
Cliffs: 18
Springs: 12
  • Arnold Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Vichy Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Daulton Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Home Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Chimney Spring: 15.4 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Museums: 8
Attractions: 7
  • Table Mountain Casino: 9.0 mi
  • Willow Creek Trail: 17.1 mi
  • Clovis Botanical Garden: 18.6 mi
  • Clovis Rodeo Grounds: 20.2 mi
  • Rotary Sports Center: 23.5 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Nature reserves: 6
  • Big Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 3.8 mi
  • San Joaquin Experimental Range: 10.8 mi
  • Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 13.3 mi
  • Whisky Snowmobile Area: 14.5 mi
  • Parkway Trust / Caglia: 19.0 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Oakhurst Mural: 17.6 mi
  • Clovis Rodeo Statue: 20.2 mi
Gardens: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of San Joaquin River Gorge Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ely MountainENE 72°2,091 m15.8 mi
Musick MountainENE 66°2,065 m14.2 mi
Mount StevensonENE 78°1,941 m12.4 mi
Source PointNE 43°1,888 m12.8 mi
Peckinpah MountainNNE 19°1,827 m13.7 mi
Flume PeakENE 72°1,813 m12.4 mi
Mormon HillNNE 33°1,810 m12.0 mi
Lion PointNE 49°1,525 m11.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3619:10
June solstice05:3919:4320:22
September equinox06:4718:2218:57
December solstice07:0916:0516:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464852576574818075645345
Precip in5.34.44.12.11.00.30.10.00.11.22.24.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Auberry 2 NW, 2 mi away.

  • Menzies' baby blue eyes34 obs
  • mustang clover25 obs
  • caterpillar scorpionweed23 obs
  • California buckeye23 obs
  • purple owl's-clover22 obs
  • Fiesta Flower20 obs
  • Western Redbud17 obs
  • redmaids17 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/358802655

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