Democrat Peak
Democrat Peak rises to 2,061 m in California. Sierra Buttes stands 2,617 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Cloud Splitter, a peak 0.6 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49024244, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,061 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cloud Splitter: 0.6 mi
- Bunker Hill: 0.6 mi
- Mount Alma: 1.2 mi
- Deadwood Peak: 1.6 mi
- Tennessee Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Lake Basin Recreation Area: 9.8 mi
- Sierra City Community Center: 13.2 mi
- Sierra City Community Park: 13.4 mi
- Kentucky Mine Historic Park: 13.6 mi
- Middle Fork Feather Wild and Scenic River: 15.2 mi
- Ruby Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Limestone Point: 13.2 mi
- Rocky Point: 14.0 mi
- Bell Point: 14.1 mi
- Independence Point: 14.3 mi
- Tin Cup Diggins Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Convict Flat Picnic Site: 11.5 mi
- Loganville Scenic Highway Center Picnic Site: 12.1 mi
- Sand Pond Picnic Site: 12.4 mi
- Jackson Creek Picnic Ground: 15.2 mi
- Frank C. Reilly Museum: 7.4 mi
- Downieville Museum: 7.5 mi
- Plumas-Eureka State Park Museum: 9.9 mi
- Kentucky Mine Historic Park and Museum: 13.6 mi
- Plumas County Museum: 19.2 mi
- Downie Chapter 1249: 7.5 mi
- Mammoth Mill: 9.6 mi
- Sierra Buttes Fire Lookout: 11.7 mi
- Sierra County Chinese Laborer Memorial: 13.6 mi
- North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company, California Registered Historical Landmark No. 852: 21.0 mi
- Fern Falls: 10.0 mi
- Frazier Falls: 11.1 mi
- Hackmans Falls: 13.9 mi
- Loves Falls: 14.1 mi
- Feather Falls: 22.9 mi
- Switchback spring: 13.4 mi
- Upper Derbec Spring: 19.0 mi
- Willow Spring: 19.2 mi
- Derbec Spring: 19.2 mi
- Holden Spring: 19.9 mi
- Missouri Bar: 22.4 mi
- Illinois Bar: 24.0 mi
- Edwards Crossing: 24.5 mi
- Jamison: 11.4 mi
- North Bloomfield: 20.9 mi
- Massack Rest Area: 17.6 mi
- Alpha - Omega Rest Area: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Democrat Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Buttes | ESE 116° | 2,617 m | 11.8 mi |
| Mount Elwell | ENE 72° | 2,361 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Fillmore | N 355° | 2,344 m | 4.3 mi |
| Pilot Peak | N 351° | 2,271 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Washington | ENE 61° | 2,236 m | 8.0 mi |
| Blue Nose Mountain | NNE 14° | 2,217 m | 7.5 mi |
| Gibraltar | NE 50° | 2,210 m | 4.7 mi |
| Eureka Peak | NE 50° | 2,183 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:55 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:00 | 16:43 |
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 | 39 | 42 | 45 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 65 | 55 | 44 | 38 |
| Precip in | 11.3 | 10.7 | 10.0 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 6.8 | 11.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Downieville, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 259273 — Democrat Peak, Sierra County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358797534
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- Sierra County · 19 mi
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