Jump Off Point
Jump Off Point rises to 2,605 m in California. Saddle Mountain stands 3,402 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Point, a peak 2.0 miles away. 135 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.
The story
Summit in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q49040351, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,605 m
How to reach it
135 named places within 25 miles
- Black Point: 2.0 mi
- Lookout Point: 2.8 mi
- Kerckhoff Dome: 4.4 mi
- Kaiser Peak: 4.8 mi
- College Rock: 5.0 mi
- Dowville Picnic Site: 3.1 mi
- Mile High Vista Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- Eagle Point Day Use Area: 9.8 mi
- Dinkey Fisherman Picnic Site: 15.2 mi
- Rocky Point Picnic Ground: 15.3 mi
- Huntington Lake Game Refuge: 3.2 mi
- John S. Eastwood Park: 5.8 mi
- Fishing Club: 10.5 mi
- Shaver Lake Community Park: 11.9 mi
- North Fork Recreation Area Memorial Park: 13.0 mi
- Line Creek Falls: 3.4 mi
- Rancheria Falls: 7.2 mi
- Stevenson Creek Falls: 8.4 mi
- Whisky Falls: 9.7 mi
- Camino Falls: 13.5 mi
- Little Eden: 14.1 mi
- Reed Pools: 14.2 mi
- Old Pedro: 14.2 mi
- Iodone Springs: 14.3 mi
- Arnold Spring: 17.4 mi
- 786 Squadron Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Whites Cabin: 9.9 mi
- Exact Center of California: 12.3 mi
- Qualls Camp: 13.5 mi
- China Camp: 13.6 mi
- Mono Hot Springs Resort: 14.3 mi
- Willow Creek Trail: 17.5 mi
- Bull Buck Tree: 20.6 mi
- Big Ed: 20.8 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 24.5 mi
- South Fork Bluffs: 11.8 mi
- Grand Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Big Sandy Bluff: 17.7 mi
- Junction Bluffs: 20.0 mi
- San Joaquin Butte: 20.6 mi
- Museum of the Sierra: 10.4 mi
- Sierra-Mono Indian Museum: 13.4 mi
- Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park: 21.0 mi
- Thornberry Museum: 24.5 mi
- Coarsegold Historic Museum: 24.6 mi
- Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 6.6 mi
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 8.3 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 21.0 mi
- Big Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 23.6 mi
- Arch Rock: 12.2 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 21.6 mi
- Iva Bell Hot Springs: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jump Off Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saddle Mountain | NE 46° | 3,402 m | 16.9 mi |
| Mount Givens | E 86° | 3,245 m | 11.6 mi |
| Mount Ian Campbell | E 92° | 3,238 m | 13.5 mi |
| Three Sisters | SE 128° | 3,215 m | 14.2 mi |
| Brown Peak | SE 131° | 3,145 m | 15.1 mi |
| Kings Castle | E 88° | 3,144 m | 13.9 mi |
| Kaiser Peak | ENE 67° | 3,142 m | 4.8 mi |
| Dogtooth Peak | ESE 122° | 3,126 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:43 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 34 | 36 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 62 | 56 | 47 | 40 | 35 |
| Precip in | 8.5 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 6.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Huntington Lake, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358795279
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