Joaquin Peak
Joaquin Peak rises to 854 m in California. Darby Knob stands 1,127 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Ararat, a peak 2.0 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49039859, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 854 m
How to reach it
- 18.5 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Ararat: 2.0 mi
- Deer Peak: 3.0 mi
- Buena Vista Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Simmons Point: 4.1 mi
- Italian Point: 4.6 mi
- Gerald Turner Park: 3.8 mi
- Nielsen Park: 3.9 mi
- Fiddleneck Day Use Area: 6.1 mi
- Oak Knoll Recreation Area: 6.2 mi
- Acorn Recreation Area: 6.3 mi
- Calaveras County Historical Museum: 3.9 mi
- Angels Camp Museum: 9.1 mi
- Amador County Museum: 15.1 mi
- Change House Museum and Gift Shop: 16.4 mi
- Columbia Museum: 17.4 mi
- Mark Twain Monument: 9.3 mi
- Vallecito Western Mine: 10.9 mi
- Murphys: 12.5 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 3: 15.9 mi
- Flume Tressel Piers: 16.0 mi
- Gooseberry Spring: 8.2 mi
- Hicks Spring: 10.7 mi
- Turners Spring: 11.6 mi
- Vine Spring: 15.8 mi
- Lord Spring: 15.9 mi
- California Caverns: 10.7 mi
- Mercer Caverns: 11.6 mi
- Murphys Pokey: 12.3 mi
- Moaning Caverns Adventure Park: 13.2 mi
- Kennedy Gold Mine: 16.4 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 17.7 mi
- Negro Jack Point: 18.4 mi
- The Grotto: 19.4 mi
- McKays Point: 22.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 23.0 mi
- Middle Bar: 11.2 mi
- Carson Hill: 12.7 mi
- French Flat: 16.7 mi
- Chinese Camp: 23.4 mi
- Heron Point Day Use: 14.3 mi
- Lupine Day Use Area: 14.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 20.0 mi
- Oak Leaf: 24.3 mi
- National Recreation Area: 14.9 mi
- Red Hills: 23.5 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 24.5 mi
- Cocklebur Beach: 21.3 mi
- Mokelumne Beach: 21.6 mi
- F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 3.6 mi
- Natural Bridge: 13.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Joaquin Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darby Knob | E 83° | 1,127 m | 16.7 mi |
| Bear Mountain | SE 145° | 879 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mineral Mountain | ENE 76° | 856 m | 13.5 mi |
| Quiggs Mountain | NE 35° | 843 m | 7.4 mi |
| Negro Hill | ESE 111° | 807 m | 17.1 mi |
| Soapstone Hill | E 91° | 799 m | 10.3 mi |
| Carmen Peak | SSE 165° | 786 m | 6.2 mi |
| High Mountain | E 79° | 748 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:06 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 51 | 55 | 59 | 66 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 75 | 66 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camp Pardee, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 226250 — Joaquin Peak, Calaveras County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358768386
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