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Buckhorn Mountain

Buckhorn Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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
1005 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.95881, -120.27519

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 49
Springs: 34
  • 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
Museums: 13
Historic sites: 11
  • 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
Attractions: 9
Picnic sites: 7
  • 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
Beaches: 6
  • 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
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Waterfalls: 3
Gardens: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 12.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Scoutmaster Grotto: 18.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Buckhorn Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Duckwall MountainE 85°1,775 m8.5 mi
Bald MountainNE 38°1,771 m16.4 mi
Marble MountainENE 60°1,665 m9.2 mi
Crandall PeakNNE 27°1,664 m15.6 mi
Mount LewisNE 49°1,661 m8.1 mi
Thompson PeakENE 76°1,607 m11.6 mi
Elizabeth PeakNNE 12°1,486 m7.4 mi
Mount ProvoNE 46°1,479 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3919:13
June solstice05:4019:4820:28
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:1416:0516:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444650536168757469605044
Precip in6.35.55.43.01.50.30.00.10.21.63.25.5

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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