Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain rises to 298 m in California. Telegraph Hill stands 1,128 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Churchs Spring, a spring 2.1 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 30 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49038992, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 298 m
How to reach it
- 29.6 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Flowers Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Shirley Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Quail Hill: 3.7 mi
- Hog Hill: 3.9 mi
- Lone Paw Ridge: 4.6 mi
- South Shore Recreation Area: 4.8 mi
- Private Park: 5.5 mi
- O Byrne Ferry Historical Monument: 5.8 mi
- Copperopolis Town Square Park: 6.6 mi
- Orange Blossom Recreation Area: 7.7 mi
- Eastwood Ravine Trestle Bridge: 9.1 mi
- Paulsell Depot: 11.2 mi
- Old Crimea House: 11.6 mi
- War Memorial: 11.9 mi
- Cooperstown Depot: 12.0 mi
- The Cowboy Museum: 11.9 mi
- Oakdale Museum & History Center: 12.2 mi
- Jamestown Museum: 15.0 mi
- Angels Camp Museum: 15.4 mi
- Riverbank Historical Museum: 17.1 mi
- Churchs Spring: 2.1 mi
- Turners Spring: 7.3 mi
- Hicks Spring: 7.5 mi
- Gooseberry Spring: 10.2 mi
- Salt Spring: 15.7 mi
- Knights Ferry Covered Bridge: 4.3 mi
- Jamestown Branch Jail: 15.0 mi
- Moaning Caverns Adventure Park: 17.6 mi
- Murphys Pokey: 21.3 mi
- Mercer Caverns: 21.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 5.0 mi
- Negro Jack Point: 5.6 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 7.0 mi
- The Grotto: 12.3 mi
- Heron Point Day Use: 11.7 mi
- Lupine Day Use Area: 11.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 17.8 mi
- Moccasin Point: 19.1 mi
- French Flat: 13.1 mi
- Chinese Camp: 13.6 mi
- Carson Hill: 14.0 mi
- Davis's Ferry: 16.8 mi
- F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 21.4 mi
- Hughson Arboretum & Gardens: 21.8 mi
- The Julio and Aileen Gallo Rose Garden: 23.7 mi
- Garden Clock: 24.0 mi
- Paperboy Statue: 23.7 mi
- California Poppies: 24.0 mi
- Modesto Arch: 24.1 mi
- Tillie Lewis Arch: 24.1 mi
- Red Hills: 12.5 mi
- National Recreation Area: 12.5 mi
- Cocklebur Beach: 10.3 mi
- Natural Bridge: 16.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Iron Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telegraph Hill | ENE 60° | 1,128 m | 20.8 mi |
| Buckhorn Mountain | ENE 76° | 1,005 m | 22.8 mi |
| Blewetts Point | NE 54° | 976 m | 21.2 mi |
| Moccasin Peak | ESE 105° | 894 m | 20.0 mi |
| Bear Mountain | NNE 29° | 879 m | 11.0 mi |
| Joaquin Peak | N 358° | 854 m | 18.1 mi |
| Negro Hill | NE 52° | 807 m | 19.5 mi |
| Soapstone Hill | NNE 29° | 799 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:06 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 54 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 81 | 80 | 76 | 66 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 5.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Melones DAM HQ, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358768086
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