Buena Vista Mountain
Buena Vista Mountain rises to 613 m in California. Mount Zion stands 899 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Deer Peak, a peak 1.2 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q35730133, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 613 m
How to reach it
- 21.2 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Deer Peak: 1.2 mi
- Joaquin Peak: 3.6 mi
- Mount Ararat: 4.3 mi
- Central Hill: 4.5 mi
- Chili Hill: 4.9 mi
- Oak Knoll Recreation Area: 2.5 mi
- Fiddleneck Day Use Area: 2.6 mi
- Acorn Recreation Area: 2.6 mi
- Wrinkle Cove Day Use Area: 3.4 mi
- Nielsen Park: 4.5 mi
- Calaveras County Historical Museum: 4.4 mi
- Angels Camp Museum: 12.7 mi
- Amador County Museum: 12.9 mi
- Change House Museum and Gift Shop: 14.1 mi
- Knight Foundry: 16.0 mi
- Mark Twain Monument: 12.9 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 3: 13.7 mi
- Flume Tressel Piers: 13.8 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 2: 13.9 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 1: 13.9 mi
- California Caverns: 13.4 mi
- Kennedy Gold Mine: 14.1 mi
- Mercer Caverns: 14.9 mi
- Murphys Pokey: 15.7 mi
- Moaning Caverns Adventure Park: 16.9 mi
- Gooseberry Spring: 10.9 mi
- Hicks Spring: 13.2 mi
- Turners Spring: 14.2 mi
- Churchs Spring: 18.6 mi
- Vine Spring: 19.4 mi
- Heron Point Day Use: 17.7 mi
- Lupine Day Use Area: 18.2 mi
- A Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
- C Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
- B Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 20.7 mi
- Negro Jack Point: 21.2 mi
- The Grotto: 22.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 24.8 mi
- Middle Bar: 9.2 mi
- Carson Hill: 16.3 mi
- French Flat: 20.2 mi
- Mokelumne Beach: 18.1 mi
- Cocklebur Beach: 21.6 mi
- F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 4.9 mi
- Natural Bridge: 16.7 mi
- National Recreation Area: 18.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Buena Vista Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Zion | NNE 19° | 899 m | 16.4 mi |
| Bear Mountain | SE 138° | 879 m | 13.6 mi |
| Mineral Mountain | E 84° | 856 m | 16.4 mi |
| Joaquin Peak | ESE 116° | 854 m | 3.6 mi |
| Quiggs Mountain | ENE 59° | 843 m | 8.7 mi |
| Soapstone Hill | E 98° | 799 m | 13.6 mi |
| Carmen Peak | SSE 148° | 786 m | 9.0 mi |
| High Mountain | E 89° | 748 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:51 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:06 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 51 | 55 | 59 | 66 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 75 | 66 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camp Pardee, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1658163 — Buena Vista Mountain, Calaveras County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358806178
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