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Big Dome

Big Dome, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates38.28325, -120.77660

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Museums: 14
Historic sites: 11
  • 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
Springs: 11
  • 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
Attractions: 10
  • 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
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • 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
Gardens: 1
  • F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 8.8 mi
Beaches: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 22.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Big Dome. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Manuel PeakE 97°1,354 m21.2 mi
Bald MountainENE 62°1,247 m20.4 mi
Mount CrossmanNE 46°1,184 m18.2 mi
Round MountainNNE 26°1,063 m19.6 mi
Cement HillNNE 25°1,018 m21.1 mi
Fort MountainENE 76°999 m16.9 mi
Mount ZionNE 42°899 m10.0 mi
Bear MountainSSE 150°879 m21.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:4119:5120:31
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:1716:0516:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485155596673797875665548
Precip in4.03.83.62.11.30.30.00.00.21.12.24.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camp Pardee, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358761869

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