Peak · California
Cape Horn
Cape Horn rises to 837 m in California. Saddleback Mountain stands 2,018 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Galena Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q35732756, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 837 m
How to reach it
Coordinates39.45822, -121.06718
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: 33
- 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
- Granite Point: 5.7 mi
- Rocky Point: 5.9 mi
- Ruby Bluff: 12.3 mi
- Independence Point: 14.0 mi
- Lupine Point: 14.3 mi
Historic sites: 15
- 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
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
- Bridgeport Museum and Visitor Center: 13.4 mi
- Firehouse Number 1 Museum: 13.7 mi
- American Victorian Museum: 13.8 mi
- Downieville Museum: 14.6 mi
- Nevada County Narrow Guage Railroad Museum: 14.7 mi
Picnic sites: 7
- 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
Nature reserves: 7
- Round Mountain Conservation Easement: 10.2 mi
- Burton Homestead Preserve: 12.2 mi
- Woodpecker Wildlife Preserve / Geri Bergen Memorial Forest: 15.3 mi
- Lower Yuba River: 19.9 mi
- Black Swan Preserve: 20.5 mi
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
Beaches: 4
- Hoyt Crossing Nude Beach: 10.8 mi
- Collins Lake Beach: 16.1 mi
- Dog Beach: 16.3 mi
- Pine Island Beach: 17.4 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- North Bloomfield: 10.9 mi
- Red Dog: 18.9 mi
- Bidwell's Bar: 21.1 mi
- Brush: 24.4 mi
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
- Alpha - Omega Rest Area: 19.5 mi
- Gold Run Westbound Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- Gold Run Eastbound Rest Area: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Cape Horn. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saddleback Mountain | NE 41° | 2,018 m | 16.4 mi |
| Fir Cap | NE 45° | 1,972 m | 15.9 mi |
| Lexington Hill | NNE 11° | 1,757 m | 15.5 mi |
| Table Mountain | ENE 73° | 1,737 m | 12.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf | NE 38° | 1,694 m | 12.8 mi |
| Poverty Hill | NNE 23° | 1,673 m | 12.9 mi |
| Saint Charles Hill | NE 48° | 1,647 m | 11.3 mi |
| Bald Top | NE 37° | 1,639 m | 10.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:55 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:02 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 41 | 43 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 69 | 68 | 64 | 55 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.8 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 4.1 | 8.6 | 16.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Strawberry Valley 2, 7 mi away.
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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