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Lightner Peak

Lightner Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Lightner Peak rises to 471 m in California. Telegraph Hill stands 1,128 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Private Park, a park 1.3 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.

The story

mountain in Calaveras County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49044173, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
471 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.94493, -120.58770

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Private Park: 1.3 mi
  • O Byrne Ferry Historical Monument: 3.4 mi
  • Copperopolis Town Square Park: 4.0 mi
  • South Shore Recreation Area: 4.1 mi
  • Tuttletown Recreation Area: 4.9 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 15
Museums: 14
Springs: 12
  • Turners Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Hicks Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Gooseberry Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Churchs Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Gold Spring: 12.0 mi
Attractions: 7
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Heron Point Day Use: 4.9 mi
  • Lupine Day Use Area: 5.0 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 11.5 mi
  • Moccasin Point: 15.9 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Beaches: 4
  • Cocklebur Beach: 16.3 mi
  • Dunn Court Beach: 22.0 mi
  • Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 22.1 mi
  • Lake Lodge Beach: 22.7 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • National Recreation Area: 5.8 mi
  • Red Hills: 9.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 9.7 mi
Gardens: 1
  • F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 17.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Lightner Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Telegraph HillENE 65°1,128 m14.2 mi
Darby KnobNE 35°1,127 m19.1 mi
Tip Top PeakESE 114°1,018 m19.4 mi
Bald MountainENE 70°1,016 m13.0 mi
Buckhorn MountainE 87°1,005 m17.1 mi
Blewetts PointENE 57°976 m14.4 mi
Mount EatonE 91°951 m19.5 mi
Moccasin PeakSE 124°894 m17.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:4119:5020:29
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:1516:0616:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054586674818076665548
Precip in5.94.94.82.61.50.40.00.00.21.52.95.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Melones DAM HQ, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 227084 — Lightner Peak, Calaveras County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358769305

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