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Fort Mountain

Fort Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates38.34297, -120.47354

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 27
  • 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
Museums: 16
Attractions: 13
Historic sites: 13
  • 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
Picnic sites: 4
  • 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
Cliffs: 3
Nature reserves: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Gardens: 1
  • F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 14.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 19.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Fort Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peddler HillNE 35°2,175 m19.8 mi
Shovel GraveENE 57°2,036 m17.7 mi
McKee HillESE 104°1,942 m19.9 mi
Blue MountainE 90°1,835 m5.9 mi
Thunder HillESE 104°1,824 m16.8 mi
Shumake KnollESE 109°1,799 m17.9 mi
Armstrong HillNNE 19°1,735 m14.6 mi
Repeater HillESE 114°1,672 m15.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:3919:5020:30
September equinox06:5018:2619:00
December solstice07:1616:0416:45

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, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358797829

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