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Copper Mountain

Copper Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Copper Mountain rises to 807 m in California. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Minniear Day Use Area, a nature reserve 1.9 miles away.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q35735915, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
807 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.41771, -121.31438

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Woodland Star Park: 9.2 mi
  • Rosette Park: 9.3 mi
  • Early Gold Park: 9.3 mi
  • Castlebrite Park: 9.4 mi
  • Blue Fiesta Park: 9.5 mi
Springs: 26
  • Hatch Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Lone Tree Mineral Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Bear Spring Concrete Basin: 15.2 mi
  • Bear Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Bear Springs: 15.2 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Historic sites: 14
  • Fred W. “Bill” Gehri Bridge: 10.1 mi
  • Ellen Le: 10.6 mi
  • Rancho Del Puerto: 10.8 mi
  • Patterson War Memorial: 10.8 mi
  • Orestimba: 14.1 mi
Museums: 10
Picnic sites: 8
Artworks: 8
Waterfalls: 5
  • Robison Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Pinto Creek Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Finnegan Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Pacheco Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Murietta Falls: 23.4 mi
Gardens: 5
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Frog pond: 19.9 mi
  • Tracy Holiday Light Show: 22.0 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Del Valle West Beach: 23.6 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 24.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Copper Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakWSW 254°1,327 m18.0 mi
Observatory PeakWSW 254°1,298 m18.8 mi
Hipparchus PeakWSW 254°1,295 m17.9 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakWSW 254°1,286 m18.5 mi
Mount HamiltonWSW 254°1,279 m18.8 mi
Huyghens PeakWSW 254°1,276 m18.6 mi
Mount IsabelWSW 250°1,275 m18.0 mi
Galileo PeakWSW 255°1,273 m18.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:17
June solstice05:4519:5120:30
September equinox06:5418:2919:04
December solstice07:1716:1116:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444345485564727267594943
Precip in5.04.84.42.21.30.30.00.10.21.33.04.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Hamilton, 18 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 221543 — Copper Mountain, Stanislaus County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358764086

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