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Democrat Peak

Democrat Peak, seen from above at true elevation

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
2061 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.66851, -120.84550

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • 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
Parks: 18
  • 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
Cliffs: 14
Picnic sites: 13
Museums: 7
Historic sites: 7
  • 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
Waterfalls: 6
  • 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
Springs: 6
  • 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
Ghost towns: 3
Attractions: 3
  • Missouri Bar: 22.4 mi
  • Illinois Bar: 24.0 mi
  • Edwards Crossing: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Democrat Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sierra ButtesESE 116°2,617 m11.8 mi
Mount ElwellENE 72°2,361 m8.7 mi
Mount FillmoreN 355°2,344 m4.3 mi
Pilot PeakN 351°2,271 m8.0 mi
Mount WashingtonENE 61°2,236 m8.0 mi
Blue Nose MountainNNE 14°2,217 m7.5 mi
GibraltarNE 50°2,210 m4.7 mi
Eureka PeakNE 50°2,183 m8.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:16
June solstice05:3719:5520:35
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:2216:0016:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394245505764706965554438
Precip in11.310.710.05.33.61.10.10.20.73.36.811.8

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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