Lightner Peak
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
- 23.0 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Mountain Top: 1.4 mi
- Funk Hill: 2.7 mi
- Abbotts Peak: 2.9 mi
- Barth Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Bostick Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Eastwood Ravine Trestle Bridge: 7.6 mi
- Mark Twain Monument: 9.2 mi
- Old Crimea House: 9.8 mi
- Mark Twain Bret Harte Trail - Chinese Camp: 9.9 mi
- Springfield Armory/School/Store: 10.9 mi
- Jamestown Museum: 9.0 mi
- Angels Camp Museum: 9.3 mi
- Tuolumne County Museum: 11.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial Military Museum: 11.5 mi
- Columbia Museum: 11.9 mi
- 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
- Jamestown Branch Jail: 9.0 mi
- Knights Ferry Covered Bridge: 9.6 mi
- Moaning Caverns Adventure Park: 10.8 mi
- Murphys Pokey: 14.9 mi
- Mercer Caverns: 15.4 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 3.0 mi
- Negro Jack Point: 3.8 mi
- The Grotto: 6.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 11.1 mi
- Heron Point Day Use: 4.9 mi
- Lupine Day Use Area: 5.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 11.5 mi
- Moccasin Point: 15.9 mi
- French Flat: 6.6 mi
- Carson Hill: 7.3 mi
- Chinese Camp: 9.9 mi
- Davis's Ferry: 21.1 mi
- 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
- National Recreation Area: 5.8 mi
- Red Hills: 9.5 mi
- Natural Bridge: 9.7 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telegraph Hill | ENE 65° | 1,128 m | 14.2 mi |
| Darby Knob | NE 35° | 1,127 m | 19.1 mi |
| Tip Top Peak | ESE 114° | 1,018 m | 19.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | ENE 70° | 1,016 m | 13.0 mi |
| Buckhorn Mountain | E 87° | 1,005 m | 17.1 mi |
| Blewetts Point | ENE 57° | 976 m | 14.4 mi |
| Mount Eaton | E 91° | 951 m | 19.5 mi |
| Moccasin Peak | SE 124° | 894 m | 17.1 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 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:06 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 54 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 81 | 80 | 76 | 66 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 5.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 5.2 |
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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