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Kings Mountain

Kings Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Kings Mountain rises to 637 m in California. Lookout Tower stands 892 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Phleger Estate, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away.

The story

Mountain in California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49041766, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
637 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.44077, -122.32441

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Filoli Estate: 2.1 mi
  • Woodside Store: 2.7 mi
  • Pulgas Water Temple grounds: 3.0 mi
  • Easter Bowl: 3.2 mi
  • Handley Rock Park: 3.5 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Wing Lam gravesite: 5.1 mi
  • Lemos Farm: 5.3 mi
  • Long Branch Saloon and Farms: 5.7 mi
  • Arata's Pumpkin Farm: 5.8 mi
  • Public Bocce Court: 6.9 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Gardens: 58
  • Fruit Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Daffodil Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Panel Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Knot Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Dutch Garden: 2.1 mi
Picnic sites: 54
Beaches: 46
Waterfalls: 14
Springs: 6
  • Summit Spring: 1.4 mi
  • Spring source: 12.6 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 17.2 mi
  • Bulls Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Congress Springs: 20.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Aramai Point: 15.0 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 17.8 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 19.4 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 19.5 mi
  • Chab: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Kings Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout TowerSE892 m17.9 mi
Goat RockSE890 m18.9 mi
Summit RockSE878 m18.6 mi
Varian PeakSE873 m18.5 mi
Indian RockSE817 m19.2 mi
Turtle RockSE812 m15.4 mi
Borel HillSE766 m10.8 mi
Morena SierraSSE731 m2.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:21
June solstice05:4919:5520:34
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2116:1516:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505255586367717169635449

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodside Fire STN 1, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 226591 — Kings Mountain, San Mateo County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358768728

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