Buena Vista Peaks
Buena Vista Peaks rises to 251 m in California. Mount Crossman stands 1,184 m to the east-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
- 29.7 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Waters Peak: 2.4 mi
- Sugarloaf: 3.4 mi
- Chrome Mountain: 4.5 mi
- John Bull Peak: 5.0 mi
- Valley Springs Peak: 6.1 mi
- Pardee Reservoir Recreation Area: 2.7 mi
- Charles Howard Park: 5.1 mi
- Pioneer Park: 6.0 mi
- Valley Springs Memorial Park: 7.0 mi
- Valley Springs State Historic Landmark: 7.1 mi
- Preston Castle: 6.4 mi
- Amador County Museum: 9.5 mi
- Change House Museum and Gift Shop: 9.9 mi
- Monteverde Store Museum: 10.5 mi
- Knight Foundry: 10.6 mi
- 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
- 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
- Spanish Spring: 10.0 mi
- Gooseberry Spring: 21.9 mi
- Hicks Spring: 23.8 mi
- Canzatti Spring: 24.1 mi
- Middle Bar: 9.1 mi
- Michigan Bar: 17.4 mi
- Liberty: 20.5 mi
- A Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- B Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- C Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 14.5 mi
- Japanese Garden: 23.5 mi
- Mokelumne Beach: 10.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Buena Vista Peaks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Crossman | ENE 57° | 1,184 m | 24.7 mi |
| Round Mountain | NE 41° | 1,063 m | 24.6 mi |
| Fort Mountain | ENE 78° | 999 m | 24.4 mi |
| Mount Zion | ENE 60° | 899 m | 16.5 mi |
| Joaquin Peak | SE 126° | 854 m | 15.0 mi |
| Quiggs Mountain | E 100° | 843 m | 16.5 mi |
| Soapstone Hill | ESE 112° | 799 m | 24.2 mi |
| Mount Aukum | NNE 26° | 797 m | 23.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:52 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 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, 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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