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Devils Nose

Devils Nose, seen from above at true elevation

Devils Nose rises to 1,445 m in California. Mokelumne Peak stands 2,837 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugar Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49024542, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1445 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.46297, -120.42020

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 27
  • Sugar Spring: 0.8 mi
  • Canzatti Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Mud Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Upper Mud Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Liddicoat Spring: 8.1 mi
Museums: 14
Attractions: 12
Historic sites: 10
  • Iron Mountain Ski Resort: 16.1 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 3: 20.4 mi
  • Massa Tunnel: 20.4 mi
  • Flume Tressel Piers: 20.4 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 2: 20.5 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Oak Leaf: 16.0 mi
  • Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
  • Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
  • Bridal Veil Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
  • Cleveland Corral: 22.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
Nature reserves: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 21.3 mi
Gardens: 1
  • F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 23.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Devils Nose. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mokelumne PeakENE 73°2,837 m18.4 mi
Mount RebaE 82°2,663 m21.4 mi
Bear TopE 85°2,589 m19.9 mi
Plasse PeakNE 56°2,576 m19.2 mi
Koala TopE 85°2,523 m20.7 mi
Flagpole PointE 91°2,413 m16.7 mi
Osborne HillE 88°2,381 m21.7 mi
Alder HillNE 40°2,359 m15.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:3919:5020:30
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:1616:0316:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F383840455261686762534337
Precip in10.69.88.54.62.80.90.10.10.42.95.29.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Calaveras BIG Trees, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 259324 — Devils Nose, Calaveras County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358797540

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