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Carmen Peak

Carmen Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Carmen Peak rises to 786 m in California. Telegraph Hill stands 1,128 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Gooseberry Spring, a spring 2.0 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q35732835, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
786 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.05465, -120.66215

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 17
Museums: 16
Springs: 10
  • Gooseberry Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Hicks Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Turners Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Churchs Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Vine Spring: 13.2 mi
Attractions: 10
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Heron Point Day Use: 9.2 mi
  • Lupine Day Use Area: 9.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 16.0 mi
  • Moccasin Point: 23.6 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • National Recreation Area: 10.1 mi
  • Red Hills: 17.7 mi
Gardens: 1
  • F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 9.3 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 10.1 mi
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Carmen Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Telegraph HillE 95°1,128 m17.0 mi
Bald MountainE 101°1,016 m16.6 mi
Blewetts PointE 89°976 m16.1 mi
Bear MountainESE 120°879 m4.9 mi
Mineral MountainNE 51°856 m14.8 mi
Joaquin PeakNNW 345°854 m6.2 mi
Quiggs MountainNNE 12°843 m12.4 mi
Negro HillE 91°807 m14.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:4119:5020:29
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:1616:0616:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054586674818076665548
Precip in5.94.94.82.61.50.40.00.00.21.52.95.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Melones DAM HQ, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358763114

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