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San Joaquin River Gorge Special Recreation Management Area

San Joaquin River Gorge Special Recreation Management Area from directly overhead

San Joaquin River Gorge Special Recreation Management Area is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 170 m. Ely Mountain stands 2,091 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is San Joaquin River Gorge Management Area, a park 1.1 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.07792, -119.56147

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Cliffs: 22
Historic sites: 21
Springs: 11
  • Arnold Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Vichy Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Daulton Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Home Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Chimney Spring: 14.8 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Museums: 8
Attractions: 7
  • Table Mountain Casino: 8.0 mi
  • Clovis Botanical Garden: 17.7 mi
  • Willow Creek Trail: 17.7 mi
  • Clovis Rodeo Grounds: 19.2 mi
  • Rotary Sports Center: 22.5 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Nature reserves: 6
  • Big Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 2.7 mi
  • San Joaquin Experimental Range: 10.1 mi
  • Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 14.3 mi
  • Whisky Snowmobile Area: 15.5 mi
  • Parkway Trust / Caglia: 18.0 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Oakhurst Mural: 18.0 mi
  • Clovis Rodeo Statue: 19.3 mi
Gardens: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of San Joaquin River Gorge Special Recreation Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ely MountainENE 71°2,091 m16.8 mi
Musick MountainENE 65°2,065 m15.3 mi
Mount StevensonENE 76°1,941 m13.3 mi
Source PointNE 43°1,888 m13.9 mi
Peckinpah MountainNNE 21°1,827 m14.6 mi
Flume PeakENE 70°1,813 m13.3 mi
Mormon HillNE 35°1,810 m13.0 mi
Lion PointNE 49°1,525 m12.2 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, 3 mi away.

  • mustang clover41 obs
  • California buckeye38 obs
  • Menzies' baby blue eyes35 obs
  • caterpillar scorpionweed31 obs
  • purple owl's-clover29 obs
  • Fiesta Flower27 obs
  • Purple Chinese Houses24 obs
  • Western Redbud22 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 way/44367020

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