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Chrome Mountain

Chrome Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Chrome Mountain rises to 366 m in California. Mount Crossman stands 1,184 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Pardee Reservoir Recreation Area, a park 1.9 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q35734638, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
366 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.28742, -120.83494

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Museums: 13
Historic sites: 11
  • Flume Tressel Piers: 6.2 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 3: 6.2 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 2: 6.2 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 1: 6.2 mi
  • Massa Tunnel: 6.2 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Kennedy Gold Mine: 6.3 mi
  • Sutter Gold Mine: 8.6 mi
  • Historic Joseph H. Thomas House: 9.2 mi
  • The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown: 10.6 mi
  • Black Chasm Cavern: 15.1 mi
Springs: 7
  • Spanish Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Canzatti Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Gooseberry Spring: 20.5 mi
  • Marble Springs: 22.7 mi
  • Hicks Spring: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • A Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
  • B Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
  • C Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
Gardens: 1
  • F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 11.3 mi
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Chrome Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CrossmanNE 53°1,184 m20.5 mi
Round MountainNE 34°1,063 m21.0 mi
Cement HillNNE 32°1,018 m22.4 mi
Fort MountainE 79°999 m20.0 mi
Mount ZionNE 54°899 m12.2 mi
Mineral MountainESE 108°856 m22.0 mi
Joaquin PeakSE 142°854 m12.7 mi
Quiggs MountainESE 108°843 m12.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:16
June solstice05:4119:5120:31
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:1716:0616:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485155596673797875665548
Precip in4.03.83.62.11.30.30.00.00.21.12.24.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camp Pardee, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358763590

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