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Clinton Peak

Clinton Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Clinton Peak rises to 733 m in California. Blue Mountain stands 1,835 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Zion, a peak 1.5 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q35735035, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
733 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.37963, -120.67549

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Lake Tabeaud: 2.1 mi
  • Tabeaud Picnic Tables: 2.1 mi
  • Tabeaud Picnic Tables: 2.1 mi
  • Tabeaud Non Motorized Boat Launch area: 2.1 mi
  • Tabeaud Dam Picnic Parking: 2.2 mi
Museums: 16
Attractions: 13
  • Black Chasm Cavern: 4.5 mi
  • Kennedy Gold Mine: 5.7 mi
  • Sutter Gold Mine: 7.7 mi
  • Historic Joseph H. Thomas House: 8.6 mi
  • The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown: 10.4 mi
Springs: 13
  • Canzatti Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Marble Springs: 12.7 mi
  • Liddicoat Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Spanish Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Sugar Spring: 15.4 mi
Historic sites: 11
  • Tailing Wheel No. 3: 5.5 mi
  • Flume Tressel Piers: 5.6 mi
  • Massa Tunnel: 5.6 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 2: 5.6 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 1: 5.6 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • A Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
  • B Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
  • C Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
  • Oak Leaf: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Gardens: 1
  • F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 13.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 24.9 mi
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Clinton Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MountainE 99°1,835 m17.0 mi
Armstrong HillNE 54°1,735 m19.4 mi
Buck MountainE 91°1,566 m16.4 mi
Devils NoseENE 67°1,445 m15.0 mi
Big MountainNE 34°1,395 m16.4 mi
Manuel PeakESE 121°1,354 m18.1 mi
Cougar RockESE 123°1,297.56 m18.6 mi
Bald MountainENE 78°1,247 m12.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:4019:5120:31
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:1716:0516:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475052566371787773655447
Precip in6.15.74.92.81.70.40.00.00.21.73.15.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sutter Hill CDF, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 221228 — Clinton Peak, Amador County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358763750

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