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Blue Mountain

Blue Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Blue Mountain rises to 970 m in California. Big Baldy stands 2,449 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock Spring, a spring 0.6 miles away.

The story

mountain in Tulare County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q35728352, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
970 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.55106, -119.07594

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Springs: 34
Attractions: 30
Waterfalls: 7
Museums: 6
  • Three Rivers Historical Museum: 12.1 mi
  • Giant Forest Museum: 16.9 mi
  • Alta District Historical Society: 17.3 mi
  • ImagineU Children's Museum: 19.1 mi
  • Reedley Museum: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Columbine Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
  • Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 17.0 mi
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • Old Ranger Station: 14.6 mi
  • Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 17.5 mi
  • Alles Cabin: 23.1 mi
  • Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 24.2 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Bookie Bear: 16.2 mi
  • Dinuba Christian Church Statue: 17.5 mi
  • End of Trail Statue: 23.0 mi
  • World's Largest Olive: 24.0 mi
Beaches: 3
Nature reserves: 2
  • Homer Ranch Preserve: 6.3 mi
  • Dry Creek Preserve: 8.8 mi
Gardens: 2
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Blue Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big BaldyNE 52°2,449 m13.6 mi
Chimney RockENE 58°2,350.3 m13.6 mi
Buena Vista PeakNE 42°2,321 m14.9 mi
Redwood MountainNE 42°2,139 m12.4 mi
Colony PeakE 87°1,870 m14.1 mi
Logger PointNNE 23°1,733 m11.3 mi
Ash PeaksE 97°1,709 m13.1 mi
Eshom PointNE 53°1,551 m9.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3419:08
June solstice05:3919:4020:19
September equinox06:4518:2118:55
December solstice07:0516:0516:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495358627077838176675648
Precip in2.72.32.51.40.60.10.00.00.10.71.32.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lemon Cove, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358762157

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