Tuolumne State Game Refuge
Tuolumne State Game Refuge is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,631 m. The Three Chimneys stands 3,012 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Shumake Knoll, a peak 2.2 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 8.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1631 m
How to reach it
- 8.5 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Liberty Vista Point · 12 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shumake Knoll: 2.2 mi
- McKee Hill: 3.0 mi
- Thunder Hill: 4.1 mi
- Repeater Hill: 4.6 mi
- Crandall Peak: 5.1 mi
- White Spring: 5.0 mi
- Indian Spring: 5.1 mi
- Burnt Corral Spring: 6.2 mi
- Million Dollar Spring: 6.6 mi
- Oak Leaf Spring: 7.2 mi
- White Pines Park: 11.3 mi
- Leach Field: 12.5 mi
- Willow Springs Park: 17.7 mi
- Brownsville State Historic Landmark: 17.8 mi
- Murphys Skate Park: 18.5 mi
- Big Stump: 9.6 mi
- Campfire Center: 9.7 mi
- Murphys Pokey: 18.9 mi
- Mercer Caverns: 19.3 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 19.5 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park Visitor Center: 9.7 mi
- Sierra Nevada Logging Museum: 11.4 mi
- Tuolumne City Memorial Museum: 19.5 mi
- Columbia Museum: 19.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Military Museum: 21.7 mi
- Strawberry: 7.2 mi
- Murphys: 18.8 mi
- Grumman TS-2A Tracker: 20.5 mi
- Springfield Armory/School/Store: 20.9 mi
- Vallecito Western Mine: 22.0 mi
- Oak Leaf: 7.5 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 18.2 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 18.9 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 21.7 mi
- McKays Point: 8.6 mi
- Bloods Point: 16.7 mi
- Calaveras Dome: 18.2 mi
- East Flange Rock: 19.9 mi
- Beach 1: 8.4 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 8.4 mi
- Beach 2: 8.6 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 7.3 mi
- Natural Bridge: 22.2 mi
- Peep Sight: 23.6 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 7.6 mi
- Jawbone Falls: 18.0 mi
- Carson Hill: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Tuolumne State Game Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Three Chimneys | E 86° | 3,012 m | 18.3 mi |
| Castle Rock | E 86° | 2,936 m | 16.3 mi |
| Cooper Peak | E 88° | 2,913 m | 15.2 mi |
| Dardanelles Cone | NE 51° | 2,905 m | 18.7 mi |
| Eagle Peak | E 80° | 2,856 m | 16.0 mi |
| Burst Rock | E 98° | 2,781 m | 14.5 mi |
| Reba | NNE 19° | 2,695 m | 20.2 mi |
| Mount Reba | NNE 17° | 2,663 m | 19.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:48 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 38 | 40 | 45 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 10.6 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 9.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Calaveras BIG Trees, 10 mi away.
- Pacific chorus frog3 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk2 obs
- Ceanothus Silk Moth2 obs
- bluehead gilia2 obs
- slender phlox2 obs
- Mountain Quail1 obs
- Spotted Owl1 obs
- Great Horned Owl1 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/358775446
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