Mineral Mountain
Mineral Mountain rises to 856 m in California. Blue Mountain stands 1,835 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Mercer Caverns, a attraction 3.0 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 5.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Calaveras County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49050498, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 856 m
How to reach it
- 5.3 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Liberty Vista Point · 23 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- High Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Darby Knob: 3.7 mi
- Cougar Rock: 4.4 mi
- Soapstone Hill: 4.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 5.0 mi
- Murphys State Historic Landmark: 3.6 mi
- Murphys Park: 3.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 3.7 mi
- Feeney Park: 4.0 mi
- Murphys Skate Park: 4.1 mi
- Lord Spring: 8.9 mi
- Vine Spring: 9.2 mi
- San Antonio Spring: 9.6 mi
- Gold Spring: 10.0 mi
- Oak Leaf Spring: 11.2 mi
- Sierra Nevada Logging Museum: 7.8 mi
- Angels Camp Museum: 9.4 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park Visitor Center: 9.9 mi
- Columbia Museum: 11.0 mi
- Calaveras County Historical Museum: 12.5 mi
- Murphys: 3.6 mi
- Vallecito Western Mine: 7.2 mi
- Mark Twain Monument: 9.5 mi
- Grumman TS-2A Tracker: 11.1 mi
- Springfield Armory/School/Store: 11.7 mi
- Mercer Caverns: 3.0 mi
- California Caverns: 3.3 mi
- Murphys Pokey: 3.7 mi
- Moaning Caverns Adventure Park: 8.3 mi
- Campfire Center: 9.9 mi
- McKays Point: 9.2 mi
- The Grotto: 18.2 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 20.3 mi
- Negro Jack Point: 21.8 mi
- Calaveras Dome: 23.9 mi
- Oak Leaf: 11.0 mi
- Heron Point Day Use: 14.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 14.6 mi
- Lupine Day Use Area: 14.6 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 11.2 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 12.0 mi
- National Recreation Area: 14.1 mi
- Red Hills: 22.9 mi
- Carson Hill: 11.5 mi
- French Flat: 15.0 mi
- Middle Bar: 17.9 mi
- Chinese Camp: 22.0 mi
- Beach 1: 24.9 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 24.9 mi
- Natural Bridge: 9.4 mi
- F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 11.8 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Mineral Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain | NNE 23° | 1,835 m | 11.6 mi |
| Thunder Hill | ENE 66° | 1,824 m | 16.5 mi |
| Shumake Knoll | ENE 73° | 1,799 m | 16.3 mi |
| Repeater Hill | ENE 71° | 1,672 m | 13.2 mi |
| Crandall Peak | E 97° | 1,664 m | 16.8 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NNE 18° | 1,566 m | 13.5 mi |
| Elizabeth Peak | SE 128° | 1,486 m | 14.0 mi |
| Mount Knight | E 97° | 1,458 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:26 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:04 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 38 | 40 | 45 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 10.6 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 9.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Calaveras BIG Trees, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358802960
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