Horseshoe Bend Mountain
Horseshoe Bend Mountain rises to 811 m in California. Pilot Peak stands 1,826 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Horseshoe Bend, a ghost town 1.2 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 20 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49037475, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 811 m
How to reach it
- 19.7 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Louise Point: 1.8 mi
- Hunter Valley Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Virginia Point: 3.2 mi
- Bald Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Peñon Blanco Peak: 4.5 mi
- Hunters Valley Point Recreation Area: 1.3 mi
- Horseshoe Bend Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
- Coulterville Main Street Historic District: 2.2 mi
- Coulterville Park: 2.2 mi
- Barrett Cove Recreation Area: 5.3 mi
- Morning Star Spring: 5.7 mi
- McNulty Spring: 10.8 mi
- Fremont Spring: 11.1 mi
- Freeze-Out Spring: 12.7 mi
- Salt Spring: 14.5 mi
- The Northern Mariposa Country History Center: 2.1 mi
- Groveland Jail: 11.0 mi
- Groveland Museum: 11.0 mi
- Mariposa Museum and History Center: 18.6 mi
- Tuolumne City Memorial Museum: 19.4 mi
- Fremont’s Fort: 8.0 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 12.1 mi
- Tuolumne Gold Dredge: 15.0 mi
- Mark Twain Bret Harte Trail - Chinese Camp: 17.8 mi
- Old Crimea House: 18.0 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 1.2 mi
- Cat Town: 7.1 mi
- Mount Ophir: 14.0 mi
- Agua Fria: 17.1 mi
- Chinese Camp: 17.9 mi
- Diana Falls: 10.0 mi
- Carlon Falls: 21.7 mi
- Preston Falls: 22.8 mi
- Little Nellie Falls: 23.5 mi
- Foresta Falls: 24.6 mi
- Moccasin Point: 12.3 mi
- Remote Camp: 12.3 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 19.9 mi
- Carlon Day Use Area: 21.1 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
- Heisler #2 Steam Engine: 19.4 mi
- Merced Grove: 20.8 mi
- Jamestown Branch Jail: 22.1 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 22.9 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 23.2 mi
- Red Hills: 18.0 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 22.0 mi
- Merced Grasslands: 23.5 mi
- Merced County Preserve: 24.0 mi
- Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 11.7 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 11.7 mi
- Dunn Court Beach: 11.9 mi
- Dedication Garden: 12.1 mi
- Gardening Club Orchard: 24.3 mi
- Gardening Club: 25.0 mi
- The Grotto: 21.9 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 24.6 mi
- Negro Jack Point: 24.8 mi
- Beginnings: 24.7 mi
- Bobcat: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Horseshoe Bend Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Peak | ENE 69° | 1,826 m | 16.0 mi |
| Big Grizzly Mountain | E 81° | 1,575 m | 17.3 mi |
| Little Grizzly Mountain | E 82° | 1,323 m | 16.1 mi |
| Bullion Knob | SE 136° | 1,297 m | 14.1 mi |
| Fremont Peak | SE 139° | 1,277 m | 11.1 mi |
| Bullion Mountain | SE 139° | 1,272 m | 11.2 mi |
| Feliciana Mountain | ESE 111° | 1,250 m | 17.0 mi |
| Wet Meadow Hill | N 9° | 1,206 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:47 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:05 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 44 | 48 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 6.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groveland 2, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 266827 — Horseshoe Bend Mountain, Mariposa County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358799864
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