Big Dome
Big Dome rises to 437 m in California. Manuel Peak stands 1,354 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Goat Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q35727071, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 437 m
How to reach it
- 22.4 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Goat Hill: 0.8 mi
- Golden Gate Hill: 3.0 mi
- John Bull Peak: 3.2 mi
- Chrome Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Stockton Hill: 3.7 mi
- Gold Ridge Park: 3.9 mi
- Mokelumne Hill Park: 4.1 mi
- Mokelumne Hill State Historic Landmark: 4.1 mi
- Plaza Park: 4.5 mi
- Detert Park: 4.9 mi
- Amador County Museum: 4.7 mi
- Change House Museum and Gift Shop: 5.9 mi
- Knight Foundry: 7.7 mi
- Monteverde Store Museum: 7.8 mi
- Calaveras County Historical Museum: 7.9 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 3: 5.5 mi
- Flume Tressel Piers: 5.5 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 2: 5.6 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 1: 5.6 mi
- Massa Tunnel: 5.6 mi
- Spanish Spring: 12.3 mi
- Canzatti Spring: 17.4 mi
- Gooseberry Spring: 18.9 mi
- Marble Springs: 21.1 mi
- Hicks Spring: 21.3 mi
- Kennedy Gold Mine: 5.8 mi
- Sutter Gold Mine: 9.0 mi
- Historic Joseph H. Thomas House: 9.8 mi
- The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown: 11.6 mi
- Black Chasm Cavern: 13.1 mi
- Middle Bar: 1.8 mi
- Michigan Bar: 20.9 mi
- Carson Hill: 22.9 mi
- Logtown: 24.5 mi
- A Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- B Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- C Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Heron Point Day Use: 24.9 mi
- F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 8.8 mi
- Mokelumne Beach: 17.3 mi
- Natural Bridge: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Big Dome. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Peak | E 97° | 1,354 m | 21.2 mi |
| Cougar Rock | E 99° | 1,298 m | 21.3 mi |
| Mount Crossman | NE 46° | 1,184 m | 18.2 mi |
| Round Mountain | NNE 26° | 1,063 m | 19.6 mi |
| Cement Hill | NNE 25° | 1,018 m | 21.1 mi |
| Fort Mountain | ENE 76° | 999 m | 16.9 mi |
| Mount Zion | NE 42° | 899 m | 10.0 mi |
| Bear Mountain | SSE 150° | 879 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:05 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 51 | 55 | 59 | 66 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 75 | 66 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camp Pardee, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358761869
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