Castle Rock
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
Named places within 25 miles
- Slate Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Round Hill: 3.0 mi
- White Oak Point: 3.6 mi
- Cable Point: 3.7 mi
- Sugarloaf: 3.9 mi
- 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
- Fountain and Tallman Soda Factory Museum: 7.6 mi
- Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park Museum: 8.9 mi
- El Dorado County Historical Museum: 9.0 mi
- El Dorado Historical Museum: 9.0 mi
- Foresthill Divide Museum: 14.3 mi
- Sutter's Mill Site: 8.8 mi
- Trails West Marker: 11.1 mi
- Old Bird's Store (Tahoe NF): 14.7 mi
- Zentgraf House: 17.7 mi
- Pleasant Grove House State Historic Landmark: 17.9 mi
- Big Crater: 14.4 mi
- Long Point: 16.2 mi
- Little Crater: 16.3 mi
- Wreckage Wall: 16.4 mi
- Horseshoe Canyon: 16.4 mi
- Dad Youngs Spring: 10.6 mi
- Jay Bird Spring: 11.6 mi
- Chicken Hawk Spring: 16.2 mi
- Marble Springs: 20.9 mi
- Granite Spring: 21.1 mi
- Finnon Recreation Area: 2.3 mi
- Auburn State Recreation Area: 13.8 mi
- Anderson Island Natural Preserve: 20.2 mi
- Mormon Island Wetlands Natural Preserve: 22.5 mi
- Miners Ravine Nature Reserve: 23.9 mi
- 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
- 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
- Logtown: 14.8 mi
- Deadwood: 17.7 mi
- Salmon Falls: 18.2 mi
- Ophir: 21.6 mi
- Mormon Island: 22.5 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
- Pit Stop Beach: 13.6 mi
- Tamaroo Bar: 17.5 mi
- Oregon Bar: 17.7 mi
- Sherwood Demonstration Garden: 10.1 mi
- Prayer Garden: 19.6 mi
- Giant Indian Statues: 19.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Castle Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Hill | ENE 70° | 1,855 m | 15.0 mi |
| Deer Knob | ENE 75° | 1,711 m | 16.6 mi |
| Devil Peak | NE 47° | 1,611 m | 13.5 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | ENE 67° | 1,566 m | 10.0 mi |
| Saddle Mountain | E 80° | 1,555 m | 8.1 mi |
| Baltic Peak | SE 128° | 1,541 m | 14.8 mi |
| Little Sugar Pine Mountain | ENE 70° | 1,492 m | 7.5 mi |
| Chaix Mountain | E 85° | 1,471 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:52 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:03 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 45 | 48 | 53 | 60 | 69 | 77 | 77 | 72 | 62 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 9.1 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 5.2 | 7.5 |
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
Day trips start here
- Placerville · 8 mi
- Coloma · 9 mi
- Placer County · 16 mi
- Auburn · 19 mi
- El Dorado Hills · 21 mi
- Colfax · 22 mi
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