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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

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
Peaks
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: 13
  • Fred W. “Bill” Gehri Bridge: 10.1 mi
  • Rancho Del Puerto: 10.8 mi
  • Patterson War Memorial: 10.8 mi
  • Orestimba: 14.1 mi
  • Reverend Hamilton: 18.8 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
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
Rest areas: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Copper Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakWSW1,327 m18.0 mi
Observatory PeakWSW1,298 m18.8 mi
Hipparchus PeakWSW1,295 m17.9 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakWSW1,286 m18.5 mi
Mount HamiltonWSW1,279 m18.8 mi
Huyghens PeakWSW1,276 m18.6 mi
Mount IsabelWSW1,275 m18.0 mi
Galileo PeakWSW1,273 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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