Cape Horn
Cape Horn rises to 2,890 m in California. Mount Goddard stands 4,126 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Loper Peak, a peak 1.1 miles away.
The story
Mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q35732748, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,890 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Loper Peak: 1.1 mi
- Lost Peak: 2.1 mi
- Power Dome: 2.9 mi
- Punk Rock: 3.2 mi
- Dusy Dome: 3.3 mi
- Cold Springs: 7.0 mi
- Wiesman Spring: 11.5 mi
- Lousy Spring: 12.3 mi
- Sycamore Springs: 15.5 mi
- Clover Meadow Spring: 19.1 mi
- Rancheria Creek Falls: 8.2 mi
- Silver Spray Falls: 11.8 mi
- Blue Canyon Falls: 12.4 mi
- Lower Evolution Creek Falls: 12.7 mi
- Upper Evolution Creek Falls: 12.7 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 4.5 mi
- Mc Kinley Botanical Area: 10.3 mi
- Dinkey Fisherman Picnic Site: 12.8 mi
- John Muir Rock: 13.0 mi
- Zephyr Headquarters: 16.9 mi
- Whitewater Voyages Headquarters: 16.9 mi
- Rock Monster: 17.5 mi
- Chicago Stump: 17.7 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 3.2 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 8.4 mi
- John S. Eastwood Park: 19.5 mi
- Fishing Club: 20.1 mi
- Huntington Lake Game Refuge: 21.1 mi
- Patterson Bluffs: 12.3 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 15.7 mi
- Grand Bluff: 16.9 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 17.4 mi
- Great Cliffs: 18.0 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 10.7 mi
- Qualls Camp: 11.6 mi
- 786 Squadron Memorial: 19.5 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 20.5 mi
- China Camp: 23.8 mi
- Jumping Rock: 17.7 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 17.8 mi
- Museum of the Sierra: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Cape Horn. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Goddard | ENE 70° | 4,126 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mount Hansen | E 81° | 3,955 m | 12.9 mi |
| Scylla | E 79° | 3,940 m | 13.1 mi |
| Mount McGee | ENE 58° | 3,938 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mount Reinstein | ENE 77° | 3,842 m | 10.5 mi |
| Emerald Peak | NE 47° | 3,824 m | 12.1 mi |
| Peter Peak | NE 55° | 3,800 m | 12.0 mi |
| Finger Peak | E 96° | 3,780 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:41 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:02 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 66 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Balch PWR House, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358803838
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