Backbone Mountain
Backbone Mountain rises to 928 m in California. Black Point stands 2,465 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Sandy Bluff, a cliff 2.3 miles away. 186 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q35724687, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 928 m
How to reach it
186 named places within 25 miles
- Rock Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Bald Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Black Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 5.1 mi
- Tollhouse Rock: 5.4 mi
- San Joaquin River Gorge Management Area: 4.6 mi
- San Joaquin River Gorge Special Recreation Management Area: 5.3 mi
- Shaver Lake Community Park: 8.3 mi
- Fishing Club: 10.8 mi
- Kechaye Cultural Preserve: 11.2 mi
- Exact Center of California: 6.4 mi
- Academy: 13.4 mi
- Whites Cabin: 14.4 mi
- Cottonwood Park Arch: 20.5 mi
- Cottonwood Park Observation Point: 20.6 mi
- Arnold Spring: 10.9 mi
- Cole Spring: 11.9 mi
- Home Spring: 14.1 mi
- Chimney Spring: 14.6 mi
- Rock Spring: 16.1 mi
- Eagle Point Day Use Area: 10.9 mi
- Rocky Point Picnic Ground: 16.3 mi
- Pine Point Day Use: 16.5 mi
- Dowville Picnic Site: 16.7 mi
- Lakeside Day Use Area: 16.9 mi
- Big Sandy Bluff: 2.3 mi
- San Joaquin Butte: 4.4 mi
- Grand Bluff: 13.1 mi
- South Fork Bluffs: 13.8 mi
- San Joaquin River Bluffs: 23.1 mi
- Stevenson Creek Falls: 8.9 mi
- Whisky Falls: 14.8 mi
- Line Creek Falls: 19.1 mi
- Angel Falls: 19.2 mi
- Rancheria Falls: 21.9 mi
- Museum of the Sierra: 9.0 mi
- Sierra-Mono Indian Museum: 10.9 mi
- Millerton Courthouse Museum: 13.9 mi
- Coarsegold Historic Museum: 16.4 mi
- Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park: 20.1 mi
- Table Mountain Casino: 11.8 mi
- Willow Creek Trail: 18.9 mi
- Clovis Botanical Garden: 20.3 mi
- Clovis Rodeo Grounds: 21.6 mi
- Whitewater Voyages Headquarters: 22.6 mi
- Big Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 7.3 mi
- Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 10.9 mi
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 13.9 mi
- San Joaquin Experimental Range: 15.4 mi
- Parkway Trust / Caglia: 21.7 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 20.3 mi
- Clovis Rodeo Statue: 21.7 mi
- Tollhouse Crossing: 20.6 mi
- Oakhurst: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Backbone Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Point | NE 45° | 2,465 m | 16.0 mi |
| Tamarack Mountain | ENE 61° | 2,414 m | 15.3 mi |
| Ely Mountain | ENE 61° | 2,091 m | 12.1 mi |
| Musick Mountain | NE 52° | 2,065 m | 10.8 mi |
| Dinkey Mountain | E 100° | 2,034 m | 16.9 mi |
| Mount Stevenson | ENE 66° | 1,941 m | 8.3 mi |
| Kerckhoff Dome | NE 54° | 1,914 m | 15.9 mi |
| Source Point | NNE 22° | 1,888 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:43 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:05 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 52 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 81 | 80 | 75 | 64 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Auberry 2 NW, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 256407 — Backbone Mountain, Fresno County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358796678
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