Crows Nest
Crows Nest rises to 744 m in California. Devil Peak stands 2,114 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is California State Mining and Mineral Museum, a museum 0.7 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 21 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q35736577, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 744 m
How to reach it
- 20.7 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Indian Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Negro Hill: 3.3 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Smoky Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Streeter Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Mariposa Park: 0.8 mi
- Mariposa Art Park: 0.9 mi
- Midpines Park: 4.4 mi
- Catheys Valley Park: 7.3 mi
- Bagby Recreation Area: 13.4 mi
- Big Spring: 2.3 mi
- Apple Tree Spring: 4.3 mi
- Barrel Spring: 6.2 mi
- Fremont Spring: 8.8 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 9.8 mi
- Chinquapin Falls: 17.5 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 17.9 mi
- Alder Creek Falls: 18.3 mi
- Corlieu Falls: 18.7 mi
- Lower Chilnualna Falls: 18.8 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 16.9 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 16.9 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 17.3 mi
- Mariposa Welcome Plaza: 18.2 mi
- Grizzly Giant: 19.8 mi
- California State Mining and Mineral Museum: 0.7 mi
- Mariposa Museum and History Center: 1.4 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Museum: 16.9 mi
- Yosemite History Center: 17.3 mi
- Thornberry Museum: 17.3 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 14.5 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- Chowchilla Recreation Area: 17.1 mi
- Gold Rush BBQ: 17.7 mi
- Summit Meadow: 21.8 mi
- Agua Fria: 3.5 mi
- Mount Ophir: 6.5 mi
- Cat Town: 13.9 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 20.6 mi
- September 11, 2001 Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 7.5 mi
- Fremont’s Fort: 12.1 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 20.5 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 24.0 mi
- Fireplace Bluffs: 23.3 mi
- Rockslides: 23.9 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 19.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Crows Nest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devil Peak | ENE 71° | 2,114 m | 12.6 mi |
| Chowchilla Mountain | ENE 61° | 2,105 m | 12.8 mi |
| Crow Peak | ENE 78° | 1,953 m | 12.5 mi |
| Iron Mountain | ENE 60° | 1,894 m | 14.2 mi |
| Brown Peak | NE 37° | 1,715 m | 14.2 mi |
| Kirby Peak | ENE 69° | 1,642 m | 9.6 mi |
| Pilot Peak | E 100° | 1,586 m | 14.3 mi |
| Sweetwater Point | NNE 31° | 1,406 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:46 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:05 | 16:46 |
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 | 36 | 36 | 39 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 65 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 7.6 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SO Entrance Yosemite NP, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1958579 — Crows Nest, Mariposa County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358851326
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 28 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 29 mi
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