Buckhorn Mountain
Buckhorn Mountain rises to 1,005 m in California. Duckwall Mountain stands 1,775 m to the east, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is West Side Memorial Park, a park 2.0 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q35730025, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,005 m
How to reach it
- 19.4 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 24.2 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Eaton: 2.8 mi
- Mount Provo: 5.2 mi
- Bald Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Murphy Peak: 6.4 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 6.5 mi
- West Side Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
- Willow Springs Park: 2.7 mi
- Coffill Park: 6.1 mi
- Coffils Park: 6.1 mi
- Courthouse Square: 6.2 mi
- Alder Spring: 4.4 mi
- Gold Spring: 9.6 mi
- Deadwood Spring: 10.0 mi
- Vine Spring: 10.4 mi
- Lord Spring: 10.5 mi
- Tuolumne City Memorial Museum: 2.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Military Museum: 6.2 mi
- Tuolumne County Museum: 6.3 mi
- Jamestown Museum: 8.1 mi
- Groveland Museum: 8.6 mi
- Springfield Armory/School/Store: 8.7 mi
- Grumman TS-2A Tracker: 9.1 mi
- Mark Twain Bret Harte Trail - Chinese Camp: 10.5 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 11.4 mi
- Old Crimea House: 14.1 mi
- Heisler #2 Steam Engine: 2.0 mi
- Jamestown Branch Jail: 8.1 mi
- Moaning Caverns Adventure Park: 12.9 mi
- Murphys Pokey: 16.1 mi
- Mercer Caverns: 17.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Moccasin Point: 9.7 mi
- Remote Camp: 11.2 mi
- Lupine Day Use Area: 12.9 mi
- Heron Point Day Use: 13.3 mi
- Dunn Court Beach: 8.3 mi
- Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 8.5 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 8.9 mi
- Beach 1: 22.3 mi
- Beach 2: 22.3 mi
- Chinese Camp: 10.6 mi
- French Flat: 10.7 mi
- Carson Hill: 13.5 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 19.7 mi
- Cat Town: 24.0 mi
- The Grotto: 10.5 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 15.8 mi
- Negro Jack Point: 17.2 mi
- McKays Point: 19.8 mi
- Red Hills: 12.0 mi
- National Recreation Area: 12.3 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 20.0 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 21.1 mi
- Jawbone Falls: 16.9 mi
- Diana Falls: 19.5 mi
- Preston Falls: 22.1 mi
- Dedication Garden: 11.3 mi
- Natural Bridge: 12.8 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 18.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Buckhorn Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duckwall Mountain | E 85° | 1,775 m | 8.5 mi |
| Marble Mountain | ENE 60° | 1,665 m | 9.2 mi |
| Crandall Peak | NNE 27° | 1,664 m | 15.6 mi |
| Mount Lewis | NE 49° | 1,661 m | 8.1 mi |
| Thompson Peak | ENE 76° | 1,607 m | 11.6 mi |
| Elizabeth Peak | NNE 12° | 1,486 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mount Provo | NE 46° | 1,479 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mount Knight | N 8° | 1,458 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:48 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:05 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 46 | 50 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 60 | 50 | 44 |
| Precip in | 6.3 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sonora, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 220059 — Buckhorn Mountain, Tuolumne County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358762636
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