Mission Peak
Mission Peak rises to 761 m in California. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is McClure Spring, a spring 0.4 miles away.
The story
Mission Peak is a mountain peak located east of Fremont, California. It is the northern summit on a ridge that includes Mount Allison and Monument Peak. Mission Peak has symbolic importance, and is depicted on the logo of the City of Fremont. It is located in Mission Peak Regional Preserve, a regional park operated by the East Bay Regional Park District.
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Wikidata Q6878668, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 761 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Allison: 1.1 mi
- Monument Peak Northwest: 1.8 mi
- Monument Peak North: 1.8 mi
- Monument Peak: 2.1 mi
- Flag Hill: 2.8 mi
- Leland Stanford Winery: 1.8 mi
- Gallegos Winery: 4.2 mi
- Irvington Monument: 4.5 mi
- The Hiram Davis Property: 4.6 mi
- A Pioneer Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Washington Township Museum of Local History: 2.5 mi
- Niles Canyon Railway Brightside Yard: 6.1 mi
- Pacific Bus Museum: 6.8 mi
- Children's Natural History Museum: 6.9 mi
- Niles Depot Museum: 7.0 mi
- Indian Joe Cave Rocks: 3.6 mi
- W-Tree: 4.2 mi
- Niles: 7.0 mi
- Fishing Pier (boating, swimming, dogs not allowed): 7.1 mi
- Flight Deck: 9.3 mi
- Gardens at Palmdale: 2.8 mi
- Leaf CR Stone Garden: 6.4 mi
- Koomei George Kato Memorial Garden: 6.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.6 mi
- LEAF Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- Higuera Adobe Park: 2.0 mi
- Richter Field: 2.1 mi
- Dessert Hills Community Park: 2.5 mi
- Sabercat Creek Park: 2.5 mi
- Old Mission Park: 2.5 mi
- New Chicago Marsh: 7.3 mi
- Ulistac Natural Area: 8.5 mi
- Ohlone Regional Wilderness Area: 8.5 mi
- Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve: 9.3 mi
- Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park: 10.1 mi
- The Barefoot Immortal's footprint: 4.4 mi
- Bhaisajyaguru: The Medicine Buddha: 4.4 mi
- Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva - The Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion: 4.4 mi
- Dhrtarashtra - Guardian of the East: 4.4 mi
- Shakyamuni Buddha attaining Parinirvana: 4.4 mi
- Reserved "A" Area: 4.9 mi
- Dock Area: 5.0 mi
- Brook 2 Area: 5.0 mi
- Brook 1 Area: 5.0 mi
- Kennedy Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- McClure Spring: 0.4 mi
- Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 10.2 mi
- Eugene Spring: 15.5 mi
- South Spring: 18.1 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 20.3 mi
- The Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 10.8 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 19.4 mi
- Chab: 20.3 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 21.7 mi
- Niles beach: 8.2 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 11.1 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 11.1 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 11.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 24.3 mi
- Drawbridge: 6.1 mi
- Stokes Landing: 15.6 mi
- Russell City: 16.9 mi
- Lexington: 22.6 mi
- Alma: 23.6 mi
- Murietta Falls: 9.2 mi
- Tehan Falls: 11.6 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 22.0 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 22.1 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Mission Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | SE 130° | 1,327 m | 17.9 mi |
| Observatory Peak | SE 132° | 1,298 m | 17.6 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | SE 129° | 1,295 m | 18.0 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | SE 131° | 1,286 m | 17.7 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | SE 132° | 1,279 m | 17.6 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | SE 132° | 1,276 m | 17.7 mi |
| Galileo Peak | SE 129° | 1,273 m | 17.5 mi |
| Ptolemy Peak | SE 133° | 1,237 m | 17.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 53 | 56 | 58 | 62 | 65 | 67 | 68 | 67 | 63 | 55 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fremont, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 228839 — Mission Peak, Alameda County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358770877
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