Castle Rock
Castle Rock rises to 2,936 m in California. Leavitt Peak stands 3,516 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Cooper Peak, a peak 1.2 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tuolumne County, California, United States of America
Wikidata Q35733163, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2936 m
How to reach it
- 18.0 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 28.9 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 18 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cooper Peak: 1.2 mi
- Eagle Peak: 1.9 mi
- The Three Chimneys: 2.0 mi
- Burst Rock: 3.7 mi
- Pinecrest Peak: 5.1 mi
- Salt Spring: 3.5 mi
- Box Spring: 8.9 mi
- Sachse Spring: 11.4 mi
- White Spring: 11.9 mi
- Hull Creek Spring: 15.5 mi
- Sardine Falls: 12.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 15.5 mi
- Leavitt Falls: 15.7 mi
- Silver Falls: 17.1 mi
- Jawbone Falls: 18.1 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 18.2 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 18.2 mi
- Oak Leaf: 23.5 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 24.9 mi
- Douglas Picnic Ground: 7.1 mi
- Tuolumne State Game Refuge: 16.3 mi
- Bridgeport: 18.8 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 19.3 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 9.1 mi
- Beach 2: 9.1 mi
- Beach 1: 9.2 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 23.2 mi
- East Flange Rock: 3.6 mi
- Bloods Point: 19.0 mi
- McKays Point: 24.8 mi
- Carson-Iceberg Wilderness: 15.4 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 21.9 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 23.3 mi
- Strawberry: 10.2 mi
- Old Jail: 25.0 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 6.4 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 13.1 mi
- Peep Sight: 17.0 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Castle Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leavitt Peak | ENE 75° | 3,516 m | 10.5 mi |
| Sonora Peak | NE 56° | 3,484 m | 13.2 mi |
| White Mountain | NE 53° | 3,470 m | 15.2 mi |
| Stanislaus Peak | NE 45° | 3,426 m | 13.2 mi |
| Forsyth Peak | ESE 114° | 3,408.3 m | 15.3 mi |
| Molo Mountain | E 95° | 3,302 m | 9.9 mi |
| Big Sam | E 96° | 3,299 m | 11.6 mi |
| Relief Peak | E 95° | 3,294 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:47 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:02 | 16:43 |
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 | 40 | 41 | 44 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 9.6 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 8.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cherry Valley DAM, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358797194
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