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Moses Mountain

Moses Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Moses Mountain rises to 2,820 m in California. Needham Mountain stands 3,816 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is North Maggie Mountain, a peak 2.4 miles away.

The story

mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California

Wikidata Q49051683, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2820 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.27864, -118.68107

Named places within 25 miles

Springs: 28
  • Crystal Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Doyle Springs: 5.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Camp Nelson soda spring: 10.4 mi
  • Soda Spring: 11.9 mi
Attractions: 28
Parks: 22
Waterfalls: 19
  • Tufa Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Upper Cliff Creek Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Lower Cliff Creek Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Cholollo Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Volcano Falls: 16.8 mi
Historic sites: 10
Picnic sites: 5
  • Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
  • Sunset Point Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
  • Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 17.5 mi
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
Nature reserves: 3
  • McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 8.1 mi
  • Dry Creek Preserve: 21.9 mi
  • Homer Ranch Preserve: 23.2 mi
Museums: 3
  • Three Rivers Historical Museum: 16.9 mi
  • Giant Forest Museum: 20.4 mi
  • Porterville Historical Museum: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
Natural arches: 2
  • Natural Arch: 17.9 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 17.9 mi
Hot springs: 1
Artworks: 1
  • World's Largest Olive: 24.2 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Bravo Lake Botanical Garden: 24.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Moses Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Needham MountainNNE 33°3,816 m14.5 mi
Florence PeakNE 39°3,788.7 m11.4 mi
Sawtooth PeakNNE 30°3,759 m14.1 mi
Bullfrog PeakNE 44°3,755 m10.7 mi
Rainbow MountainNE 36°3,656.2 m12.4 mi
Vandever MountainNE 34°3,636 m10.0 mi
North Sawtooth PeakNNE 28°3,623 m14.3 mi
Falcon PeakNE 34°3,583.8 m9.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:3819:3820:16
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
December solstice07:0316:0416:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475054586675818075645347
Precip in4.83.64.12.41.00.30.10.00.20.91.73.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Three Rivers Edison PH 1, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 272567 — Moses Mountain, Tulare County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358801777

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