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.
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
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 16.3 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 |
| Bald Mountain | E 82° | 2,389 m | 14.5 mi |
| Sunset Point | NE 52° | 2,219 m | 15.9 mi |
| Ely Mountain | ENE 61° | 2,091 m | 12.1 mi |
| Musick Mountain | NE 52° | 2,065 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mount Stevenson | ENE 66° | 1,941 m | 8.3 mi |
| Kerckhoff Dome | NE 54° | 1,914 m | 15.9 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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