Fort Mountain
Fort Mountain rises to 999 m in California. Peddler Hill stands 2,175 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Sandy Gulch State Historic Landmark, a park 4.1 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 8.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49030071, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 999 m
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Liberty Vista Point · 19 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bald Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Blue Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Buck Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Manuel Peak: 8.2 mi
- Devils Nose: 8.8 mi
- Sandy Gulch State Historic Landmark: 4.1 mi
- Sandy Gulch Field Baseball Park: 4.2 mi
- West Point State Historic Landmark: 4.9 mi
- White Pines Park: 8.9 mi
- Tabeaud Trail Trashcan: 9.9 mi
- Canzatti Spring: 7.5 mi
- Sugar Spring: 8.7 mi
- San Antonio Spring: 9.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 10.9 mi
- Oak Leaf Spring: 12.6 mi
- Sierra Nevada Logging Museum: 8.8 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park Visitor Center: 10.0 mi
- Amador County Model Railroad Museum: 10.4 mi
- Chaw'se Regional Indian Museum: 10.7 mi
- Calaveras County Historical Museum: 15.1 mi
- California Caverns: 9.9 mi
- Campfire Center: 10.1 mi
- Big Stump: 10.1 mi
- Black Chasm Cavern: 10.3 mi
- Mercer Caverns: 13.3 mi
- Murphys: 14.2 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 3: 16.4 mi
- Flume Tressel Piers: 16.4 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 2: 16.5 mi
- Massa Tunnel: 16.5 mi
- Oak Leaf: 12.3 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
- Heron Point Day Use: 24.7 mi
- Lupine Day Use Area: 25.0 mi
- McKays Point: 11.8 mi
- Calaveras Dome: 16.7 mi
- Bloods Point: 24.3 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 12.5 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 14.2 mi
- National Recreation Area: 24.5 mi
- Middle Bar: 15.3 mi
- Carson Hill: 21.8 mi
- F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 14.9 mi
- Natural Bridge: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Fort Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peddler Hill | NE 35° | 2,175 m | 19.8 mi |
| Shovel Grave | ENE 57° | 2,036 m | 17.7 mi |
| McKee Hill | ESE 104° | 1,942 m | 19.9 mi |
| Blue Mountain | E 90° | 1,835 m | 5.9 mi |
| Thunder Hill | ESE 104° | 1,824 m | 16.8 mi |
| Shumake Knoll | ESE 109° | 1,799 m | 17.9 mi |
| Armstrong Hill | NNE 19° | 1,735 m | 14.6 mi |
| Repeater Hill | ESE 114° | 1,672 m | 15.1 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 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:26 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:04 | 16:45 |
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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358797829
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