Darby Knob
Darby Knob rises to 1,127 m in California. McKee Hill stands 1,942 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Rattlesnake Hill, a peak 1.4 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 4.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q35736897, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1127 m
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Liberty Vista Point · 21 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rattlesnake Hill: 1.4 mi
- Cone Hill: 3.1 mi
- Mineral Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Doud Hill: 3.9 mi
- Cougar Rock: 4.2 mi
- Leach Field: 2.6 mi
- Brownsville State Historic Landmark: 4.1 mi
- Murphys Skate Park: 4.6 mi
- Feeney Park: 4.6 mi
- Murphys State Historic Landmark: 4.8 mi
- Lord Spring: 7.6 mi
- Vine Spring: 8.1 mi
- San Antonio Spring: 8.5 mi
- Gold Spring: 8.6 mi
- Ruby Hill Spring: 9.0 mi
- Sierra Nevada Logging Museum: 6.9 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park Visitor Center: 8.5 mi
- Columbia Museum: 9.5 mi
- Angels Camp Museum: 10.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial Military Museum: 12.8 mi
- Murphys: 4.8 mi
- Vallecito Western Mine: 8.3 mi
- Grumman TS-2A Tracker: 9.9 mi
- Springfield Armory/School/Store: 10.4 mi
- Mark Twain Monument: 11.0 mi
- Murphys Pokey: 4.9 mi
- Mercer Caverns: 5.2 mi
- California Caverns: 7.1 mi
- Moaning Caverns Adventure Park: 8.3 mi
- Big Stump: 8.5 mi
- Beach 1: 21.4 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 21.5 mi
- Beach 2: 21.5 mi
- Dunn Court Beach: 24.1 mi
- Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 24.4 mi
- McKays Point: 7.0 mi
- The Grotto: 17.5 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 20.5 mi
- Negro Jack Point: 22.1 mi
- Calaveras Dome: 23.5 mi
- Oak Leaf: 8.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 12.9 mi
- Heron Point Day Use: 14.6 mi
- Lupine Day Use Area: 14.7 mi
- Moccasin Point: 23.9 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 9.1 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 9.4 mi
- National Recreation Area: 14.0 mi
- Red Hills: 22.0 mi
- Carson Hill: 11.9 mi
- French Flat: 14.5 mi
- Chinese Camp: 21.0 mi
- Middle Bar: 21.6 mi
- Natural Bridge: 9.5 mi
- F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 15.3 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 18.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Darby Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKee Hill | ENE 64° | 1,942 m | 16.2 mi |
| Blue Mountain | N 5° | 1,835 m | 11.9 mi |
| Thunder Hill | NE 56° | 1,824 m | 14.0 mi |
| Shumake Knoll | ENE 63° | 1,799 m | 13.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | E 96° | 1,771 m | 16.3 mi |
| Repeater Hill | ENE 58° | 1,672 m | 10.6 mi |
| Marble Mountain | SE 126° | 1,665 m | 17.2 mi |
| Crandall Peak | E 94° | 1,664 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:04 | 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 | 38 | 38 | 40 | 45 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 10.6 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 9.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Calaveras BIG Trees, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 259045 — Darby Knob, Calaveras County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358797490
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