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Castle Rock

Castle Rock, seen from above at true elevation

Castle Rock rises to 905 m in California. Silver Hill stands 1,855 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Finnon Recreation Area, a nature reserve 2.3 miles away.

The story

mountain in El Dorado County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q35733112, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
905 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.82629, -120.73132

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Gold Bug Park: 6.8 mi
  • Eight Mile House State Historic Landmark: 7.0 mi
  • Lumsden Park: 7.2 mi
  • Rotary Park: 7.8 mi
  • Lions Park: 7.8 mi
Historic sites: 18
Museums: 16
Cliffs: 13
Springs: 7
  • Dad Youngs Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Jay Bird Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Chicken Hawk Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Chicken Hawk Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Marble Springs: 20.9 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Waterfalls: 5
  • Rock Creek: 3.2 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Pecker Falls: 20.5 mi
  • Bassi Falls: 22.0 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
  • Ralston Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
  • "Love Comes Softly" movie set: 13.6 mi
  • Bridal Veil Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
  • Cleveland Corral: 16.8 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Twin Bridges Swimming Hole: 14.0 mi
  • Southwind Labradors: 17.4 mi
  • Cameron Park CSD Pool: 18.7 mi
  • Leoni House: 19.1 mi
  • cave: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Beaches: 3
  • Pit Stop Beach: 13.6 mi
  • Tamaroo Bar: 17.5 mi
  • Oregon Bar: 17.7 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Sherwood Demonstration Garden: 10.1 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 19.6 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Giant Indian Statues: 19.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Castle Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Silver HillENE 70°1,855 m15.0 mi
Deer KnobENE 75°1,711 m16.6 mi
Devil PeakNE 47°1,611 m13.5 mi
Lookout MountainENE 67°1,566 m10.0 mi
Saddle MountainE 80°1,555 m8.1 mi
Baltic PeakSE 128°1,541 m14.8 mi
Little Sugar Pine MountainENE 70°1,492 m7.5 mi
Chaix MountainE 85°1,471 m8.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:3919:5220:32
September equinox06:5118:2619:02
December solstice07:1916:0316:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444548536069777772625043
Precip in9.19.28.74.72.50.70.00.10.42.75.27.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Georgetown RS, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1662393 — Castle Rock, El Dorado County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358809675

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