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John Bull Peak

John Bull Peak, seen from above at true elevation

John Bull Peak rises to 315 m in California. Mount Crossman stands 1,184 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Chrome Mountain, a peak 2.2 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49039934, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
315 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.25714, -120.82438

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Museums: 13
Historic sites: 11
  • Tailing Wheel No. 3: 7.8 mi
  • Flume Tressel Piers: 7.8 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 2: 7.9 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 1: 7.9 mi
  • Massa Tunnel: 7.9 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Kennedy Gold Mine: 8.0 mi
  • Sutter Gold Mine: 10.6 mi
  • Historic Joseph H. Thomas House: 11.2 mi
  • The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown: 12.7 mi
  • Black Chasm Cavern: 16.2 mi
Springs: 7
  • Spanish Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Gooseberry Spring: 18.4 mi
  • Canzatti Spring: 20.5 mi
  • Hicks Spring: 20.6 mi
  • Turners Spring: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • A Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
  • B Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
  • C Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
Gardens: 1
  • F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 9.7 mi
Beaches: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 23.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of John Bull Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CrossmanNE 48°1,184 m21.4 mi
Round MountainNNE 30°1,063 m22.5 mi
Fort MountainENE 73°999 m19.9 mi
Mount ZionNE 45°899 m13.1 mi
Bear MountainSE 141°879 m21.0 mi
Mineral MountainESE 103°856 m20.8 mi
Joaquin PeakSE 138°854 m10.8 mi
Quiggs MountainE 99°843 m11.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:16
June solstice05:4119:5120:31
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:1716:0616:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485155596673797875665548
Precip in4.03.83.62.11.30.30.00.00.21.12.24.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camp Pardee, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358768396

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