Jackass Mountain
Jackass Mountain rises to 979 m in California. Devils Dance Floor stands 2,078 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Diana Falls, a waterfall 1.5 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 9.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49039370, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 979 m
How to reach it
- 9.1 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McCauley Hill: 1.6 mi
- Texas Hill: 2.5 mi
- Shingle Hill: 2.9 mi
- Frank Harris Point: 3.8 mi
- Top of the World: 3.9 mi
- Diana Falls: 1.5 mi
- Carlon Falls: 11.1 mi
- Little Nellie Falls: 13.2 mi
- Preston Falls: 13.3 mi
- Foresta Falls: 14.6 mi
- Pilot Peak Spring: 6.0 mi
- Walton Cabin Spring: 11.0 mi
- Morning Star Spring: 11.5 mi
- Fremont Spring: 11.9 mi
- Indian Spring: 13.2 mi
- Greeley Hill County Park: 4.8 mi
- Red Cloud: 6.0 mi
- Coulterville Main Street Historic District: 9.6 mi
- Coulterville Park: 9.6 mi
- Bagby Recreation Area: 9.9 mi
- The Northern Mariposa Country History Center: 9.6 mi
- Groveland Museum: 13.4 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Museum: 13.6 mi
- Groveland Jail: 13.6 mi
- Interpretive Center: 14.1 mi
- Remote Camp: 9.9 mi
- Carlon Day Use Area: 10.6 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 10.7 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Moccasin Point: 18.4 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 9.7 mi
- Fremont’s Fort: 11.2 mi
- September 11, 2001 Memorial: 17.2 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 17.9 mi
- World Heritage Site: 23.9 mi
- Merced Grove: 10.2 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 12.2 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 13.5 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 13.5 mi
- Valley View Yosemite (Sunset Spot): 19.4 mi
- Fireplace Bluffs: 18.5 mi
- Rockslides: 19.8 mi
- Profile Cliff: 23.0 mi
- The Fissures: 23.0 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 23.9 mi
- Cat Town: 6.8 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 11.9 mi
- Mount Ophir: 15.0 mi
- Agua Fria: 16.8 mi
- Chinese Camp: 24.4 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 12.3 mi
- Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 12.8 mi
- Dunn Court Beach: 13.0 mi
- Dedication Garden: 9.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Jackass Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devils Dance Floor | E 87° | 2,078 m | 15.8 mi |
| Pilot Peak | ENE 64° | 1,826 m | 5.4 mi |
| Pinoche Peak | ESE 116° | 1,754 m | 15.1 mi |
| North Mountain | NNE 30° | 1,747 m | 13.9 mi |
| Brown Peak | ESE 118° | 1,715 m | 13.6 mi |
| Bear Mountain | NE 40° | 1,617 m | 11.4 mi |
| Ascension Mountain | NE 41° | 1,604 m | 9.8 mi |
| Ackerson Mountain | NE 49° | 1,601 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:47 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 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 | 36 | 38 | 42 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 6.9 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 7.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yosemite Village 12 W, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1658847 — Jackass Mountain, Mariposa County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358806654
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 25 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 26 mi
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