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Mission Peak

Mission Peak, a peak in California
Mission Peak, a peak in CaliforniaOleg Alexandrov · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mission Peak, a peak in California
David Ball · CC BY 2.5
Mission Peak, a peak in California
Oleg Alexandrov · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mission Peak, a peak in California
David Ball · CC BY 2.5
Mission Peak, a peak in California
Kevin Collins from Alameda, California, USA · CC BY 2.0
Mission Peak, a peak in California
Oleg Alexandrov · CC BY-SA 3.0

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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.

About

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.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q6878668, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
761 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.51255, -121.88091
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
  • 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
Artworks
Picnic sites
  • 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
Nature reserves
Springs: 16
Cliffs: 8
  • 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
Beaches: 6
  • 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
Ghost towns: 5
Waterfalls: 5
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Mission Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakSE 130°1,327 m17.9 mi
Observatory PeakSE 132°1,298 m17.6 mi
Hipparchus PeakSE 129°1,295 m18.0 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakSE 131°1,286 m17.7 mi
Mount HamiltonSE 132°1,279 m17.6 mi
Huyghens PeakSE 132°1,276 m17.7 mi
Galileo PeakSE 129°1,273 m17.5 mi
Ptolemy PeakSE 133°1,237 m17.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4719:5420:33
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1916:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515356586265676867635551
Precip in3.03.22.51.20.50.20.00.00.10.71.63.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fremont, 8 mi away.

Sources

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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