Buckhorn Peak
Buckhorn Peak rises to 1,147 m in California. Pilot Peak stands 1,826 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Virginia Point, a peak 1.6 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 16 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q35730033, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,147 m
How to reach it
- 16.0 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Virginia Point: 1.6 mi
- Coalpit Hill: 2.5 mi
- Top of the World: 4.8 mi
- Bald Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Louise Point: 4.8 mi
- Bagby Recreation Area: 3.7 mi
- Coulterville Main Street Historic District: 5.2 mi
- Coulterville Park: 5.2 mi
- Hunters Valley Point Recreation Area: 5.5 mi
- Red Cloud: 6.0 mi
- Morning Star Spring: 4.7 mi
- Fremont Spring: 7.6 mi
- Pilot Peak Spring: 12.9 mi
- Barrel Spring: 13.3 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 13.6 mi
- The Northern Mariposa Country History Center: 5.1 mi
- Groveland Museum: 13.4 mi
- Groveland Jail: 13.4 mi
- Mariposa Museum and History Center: 14.7 mi
- California State Mining and Mineral Museum: 16.8 mi
- Fremont’s Fort: 5.3 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 12.4 mi
- September 11, 2001 Memorial: 15.2 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 18.8 mi
- Tuolumne Gold Dredge: 19.4 mi
- Diana Falls: 6.9 mi
- Carlon Falls: 18.1 mi
- Little Nellie Falls: 19.0 mi
- Foresta Falls: 20.0 mi
- Chinquapin Falls: 20.1 mi
- Cat Town: 2.3 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 5.9 mi
- Mount Ophir: 10.8 mi
- Agua Fria: 13.6 mi
- Chinese Camp: 22.1 mi
- Remote Camp: 12.6 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 15.2 mi
- Moccasin Point: 16.2 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
- Carlon Day Use Area: 17.7 mi
- Merced Grove: 16.6 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 18.5 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 18.5 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 18.8 mi
- Heisler #2 Steam Engine: 21.4 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 13.3 mi
- Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 13.5 mi
- Dunn Court Beach: 13.8 mi
- Red Hills: 22.4 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 23.5 mi
- Dedication Garden: 12.4 mi
- Fireplace Bluffs: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Buckhorn Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Peak | ENE 56° | 1,826 m | 12.3 mi |
| Sawmill Mountain | NE 42° | 1,600 m | 15.2 mi |
| Big Grizzly Mountain | ENE 73° | 1,575 m | 13.0 mi |
| Trumbull Peak | E 83° | 1,521 m | 14.5 mi |
| Sweetwater Point | ESE 116° | 1,406 m | 14.6 mi |
| Little Grizzly Mountain | ENE 74° | 1,323 m | 11.8 mi |
| Bullion Knob | SSE 150° | 1,297 m | 10.3 mi |
| Fremont Peak | SSE 160° | 1,277 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:47 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 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 | 42 | 44 | 48 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 6.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groveland 2, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 257623 — Buckhorn Peak, Mariposa County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358797071
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