Monument Peak
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Monument Peak rises to 776 m in California. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Monument Peak Northwest, a peak 0.3 miles away.
The story
Monument Peak is a mountain peak located southeast of Fremont and northeast of Milpitas in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in California.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q8520045, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 776 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Monument Peak Northwest: 0.3 mi
- Monument Peak North: 0.4 mi
- Mount Allison: 1.0 mi
- Dragon Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Mission Peak: 2.1 mi
- Ed R Levin Park: 1.3 mi
- Higuera Adobe Park: 2.2 mi
- Higuera Adobe Park: 2.5 mi
- Dessert Hills Community Park: 2.7 mi
- Albert Augustine Jr. Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
- The Barefoot Immortal's footprint: 2.3 mi
- Bhaisajyaguru: The Medicine Buddha: 2.3 mi
- Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva - The Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion: 2.3 mi
- Dhrtarashtra - Guardian of the East: 2.3 mi
- Shakyamuni Buddha attaining Parinirvana: 2.3 mi
- Leland Stanford Winery: 2.8 mi
- A Pioneer Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Historic El Camino Real: 4.8 mi
- Former Ford Assembly Plant: 5.2 mi
- Gallegos Winery: 5.8 mi
- W-Tree: 3.8 mi
- Indian Joe Cave Rocks: 3.8 mi
- Flight Deck: 8.3 mi
- Rip Roaring Rapids: 8.4 mi
- Orbit: 8.4 mi
- Washington Township Museum of Local History: 4.3 mi
- Alum Rock Science & Nature Center: 7.1 mi
- 49ers Museum: 8.0 mi
- Niles Canyon Railway Brightside Yard: 8.2 mi
- Children's Natural History Museum: 8.5 mi
- Gardens at Palmdale: 4.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.0 mi
- Ponderosa Woods: 7.5 mi
- Gray Garden: 7.5 mi
- Blue Garden: 7.7 mi
- Todd Quick Rest Area: 6.6 mi
- Reserved "A" Area: 6.7 mi
- Brook 2 Area: 6.8 mi
- Brook 1 Area: 6.8 mi
- Kennedy Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- New Chicago Marsh: 6.7 mi
- Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Ulistac Natural Area: 7.4 mi
- Ohlone Regional Wilderness Area: 8.2 mi
- Blue Oak Ranch Reserve: 10.6 mi
- McClure Spring: 1.7 mi
- Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 10.3 mi
- South Spring: 16.2 mi
- Eugene Spring: 17.6 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 18.3 mi
- Drawbridge: 6.1 mi
- Stokes Landing: 17.2 mi
- Russell City: 18.7 mi
- Lexington: 21.0 mi
- Alma: 22.0 mi
- The Bluff: 5.9 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 11.8 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 18.4 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 21.7 mi
- Underworld Rock: 22.0 mi
- Murietta Falls: 8.9 mi
- Tehan Falls: 13.7 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 21.3 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 21.3 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 22.2 mi
- Niles beach: 10.0 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 11.4 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 11.4 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 12.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Monument Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | SE 126° | 1,327 m | 16.1 mi |
| Observatory Peak | SE 129° | 1,298 m | 15.7 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | SE 126° | 1,295 m | 16.2 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | SE 128° | 1,286 m | 15.9 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | SE 129° | 1,279 m | 15.7 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | SE 128° | 1,276 m | 15.8 mi |
| Mount Isabel | SE 129° | 1,275 m | 17.3 mi |
| Galileo Peak | SE 126° | 1,273 m | 15.7 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 | 18:31 | 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/12748763376
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