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Cape Horn

Cape Horn, seen from above at true elevation

Cape Horn rises to 837 m in California. Fir Cap stands 1,972 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Galena Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away.

About

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q35732756, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
837 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.45822, -121.06718
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Galena Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Youngs Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Alaska Peak: 3.4 mi
  • Pittsburgh Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Indian Hill: 4.8 mi
Parks: 35
  • North San Juan Park: 6.6 mi
  • Malakoff Diggins-North Bloomfield Historic District: 10.9 mi
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 13.0 mi
  • Tobiassen Park: 13.1 mi
  • Hirschman's Pond: 13.3 mi
Cliffs: 16
Historic sites: 16
  • North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company, California Registered Historical Landmark No. 852: 10.3 mi
  • World's First Long-Distance Telephone Line: 11.6 mi
  • Scott’s Flat Trail: 13.5 mi
  • Stamp Mill: 13.7 mi
  • Site of Old Wells Fargo Building: 13.8 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Convict Flat Picnic Site: 7.6 mi
  • Overlook Point Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
  • Humbug Creek Picknic: 11.0 mi
  • Tin Cup Diggins Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
  • White Cloud Picnic Site: 15.3 mi
Attractions: 8
  • China Dam: 9.0 mi
  • Emerald Pool: 9.0 mi
  • Purdon Crossing: 9.1 mi
  • Edwards Crossing: 9.9 mi
  • Illinois Bar: 10.2 mi
Museums: 8
Nature reserves: 7
Springs: 6
  • Jackies Orchard Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Holden Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Willow Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Oven Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Derbec Spring: 11.0 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Beaches: 4
Gardens: 3
  • Nisenan Garden: 13.9 mi
  • Bourn Gardens: 17.3 mi
  • Dutch Flat Community Garden: 21.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Feather Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Curtain Falls: 19.0 mi
  • Hackmans Falls: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Cape Horn. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fir CapNE 45°1,972 m15.9 mi
Bald MountainENE 75°1,765 m13.1 mi
Lexington HillNNE 11°1,757 m15.5 mi
Table MountainENE 73°1,737 m12.4 mi
SugarloafNE 38°1,694 m12.8 mi
Bald MountainNE 48°1,681 m12.1 mi
Poverty HillNNE 23°1,673 m12.9 mi
Saint Charles HillNE 48°1,647 m11.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:17
June solstice05:3819:5520:36
September equinox06:5318:2819:03
December solstice07:2216:0216:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414143475562696864554640
Precip in14.713.712.86.44.01.20.00.20.54.18.616.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Strawberry Valley 2, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 257955 — Cape Horn, Yuba County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358797154

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