Chaix Mountain
Chaix Mountain rises to 1,471 m in California. Two Peaks stands 2,306 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Saddle Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q35733871, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,471 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Saddle Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Little Sugar Pine Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Big Bend: 2.5 mi
- Big Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Pollock Pines Recreation Park: 4.5 mi
- Sportsmans Hall State Historic Landmark 704: 6.3 mi
- Eight Mile House State Historic Landmark: 7.9 mi
- Lumsden Park: 13.1 mi
- Lions Park: 13.5 mi
- Trails West marker: 5.8 mi
- Elkus: 11.5 mi
- Sutter's Mill Site: 17.1 mi
- Old Bird's Store (Tahoe NF): 17.2 mi
- Derby: 19.9 mi
- Jay Bird Spring: 3.3 mi
- Chicken Hawk Spring: 8.2 mi
- Dad Youngs Spring: 9.7 mi
- Granite Spring: 13.0 mi
- Marble Springs: 20.0 mi
- Big Crater: 12.3 mi
- Little Crater: 12.7 mi
- Sugar Bun: 15.0 mi
- Red Cliffs: 19.7 mi
- Red Point: 22.6 mi
- Fountain and Tallman Soda Factory Museum: 14.1 mi
- El Dorado County Historical Museum: 15.9 mi
- El Dorado Historical Museum: 15.9 mi
- Nature Center and Observatory: 16.3 mi
- Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park Museum: 17.2 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 6.7 mi
- Rock Creek: 11.1 mi
- Bassi Falls: 13.8 mi
- Codfish Falls: 23.2 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 24.4 mi
- Bridal Veil Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 9.0 mi
- Ralston Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
- "Love Comes Softly" movie set: 21.9 mi
- French Meadows Day Use Site: 22.1 mi
- Finnon Recreation Area: 9.7 mi
- Auburn State Recreation Area: 17.4 mi
- Leoni House: 16.0 mi
- Twin Bridges Swimming Hole: 16.0 mi
- Sherwood Demonstration Garden: 17.5 mi
- Pit Stop Beach: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Chaix Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two Peaks | ENE 74° | 2,306 m | 16.5 mi |
| Slick Rock | ENE 78° | 2,210 m | 15.8 mi |
| Four Cornered Peak | E 84° | 2,072 m | 15.5 mi |
| Robbs Peak | ENE 57° | 2,040 m | 11.1 mi |
| Chipmunk Bluff | NE 54° | 2,030 m | 15.8 mi |
| Johnnys Hill | NE 43° | 1,994 m | 15.9 mi |
| Sun Rock | ENE 64° | 1,991 m | 14.5 mi |
| Table Rock | E 87° | 1,943 m | 15.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:52 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:02 | 16:44 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 44 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 9.6 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 9.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pacific House, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 258178 — Chaix Mountain, El Dorado County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358797224
Day trips start here
- Placerville · 14 mi
- Coloma · 17 mi
- Placer County · 18 mi
- Auburn · 27 mi
- Bliss State Park · 27 mi
- Colfax · 27 mi
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