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High Mountain

High Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

High Mountain rises to 748 m in California. Blue Mountain stands 1,835 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mercer Caverns, a attraction 2.2 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 8.8 miles off.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49036311, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
748 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.16936, -120.51020

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Springs: 28
  • Lord Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Vine Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Gold Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Gooseberry Spring: 12.6 mi
  • San Antonio Spring: 13.0 mi
Museums: 16
Historic sites: 14
Attractions: 12
Ghost towns: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Heron Point Day Use: 12.6 mi
  • Lupine Day Use Area: 12.9 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 14.5 mi
  • Oak Leaf: 14.5 mi
Cliffs: 4
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 8.1 mi
Gardens: 1
  • F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 8.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of High Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MountainNNE 33°1,835 m14.3 mi
Repeater HillENE 70°1,672 m16.8 mi
Buck MountainNNE 28°1,566 m16.0 mi
Elizabeth PeakESE 117°1,486 m16.0 mi
Mount KnightE 91°1,458 m14.7 mi
Manuel PeakNE 52°1,354 m8.4 mi
Cougar RockENE 57°1,297.56 m7.8 mi
Doud HillENE 72°1,264 m9.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:4019:5020:29
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:1616:0516:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054586674818076665548
Precip in5.94.94.82.61.50.40.00.00.21.52.95.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Melones DAM HQ, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358767464

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