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Buena Vista Peaks

Buena Vista Peaks, seen from above at true elevation

Buena Vista Peaks rises to 251 m in California. Round Mountain stands 1,063 m to the northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Waters Peak, a peak 2.4 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 30 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q35730148, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
251 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.26992, -120.91438

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums: 16
Historic sites: 9
  • Iron Ivan: 5.9 mi
  • Flume Tressel Piers: 9.9 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 1: 9.9 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 2: 9.9 mi
  • Massa Tunnel: 9.9 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Kennedy Gold Mine: 9.9 mi
  • Sutter Gold Mine: 11.2 mi
  • Historic Joseph H. Thomas House: 11.4 mi
  • The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown: 12.2 mi
  • Omega Cellars: 18.3 mi
Springs: 4
  • Spanish Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Gooseberry Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Hicks Spring: 23.8 mi
  • Canzatti Spring: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • A Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
  • B Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
  • C Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
Gardens: 3
  • F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 14.5 mi
  • Rose Garden: 23.5 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 23.5 mi
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Buena Vista Peaks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round MountainNE 41°1,063 m24.6 mi
Fort MountainENE 78°999 m24.4 mi
Mount ZionENE 60°899 m16.5 mi
Joaquin PeakSE 126°854 m15.0 mi
Quiggs MountainE 100°843 m16.5 mi
Soapstone HillESE 112°799 m24.2 mi
Mount AukumNNE 26°797 m23.3 mi
Carmen PeakSE 137°786 m20.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:16
June solstice05:4119:5220:31
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:1816:0616:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485155596673797875665548
Precip in4.03.83.62.11.30.30.00.00.21.12.24.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camp Pardee, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 220077 — Buena Vista Peaks, Amador County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358762659

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