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Mount Alma

Mount Alma, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Alma rises to 1,970 m in California. Sierra Buttes stands 2,617 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Saddleback Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away.

The story

Mountain in California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49051840, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,970 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.65295, -120.85606

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 18
  • Lake Basin Recreation Area: 10.6 mi
  • Sierra City Community Center: 13.2 mi
  • Sierra City Community Park: 13.4 mi
  • Kentucky Mine Historic Park: 13.6 mi
  • Middle Fork Feather Wild and Scenic River: 16.1 mi
Cliffs: 13
Picnic sites: 12
Historic sites: 6
  • Downie Chapter 1249: 6.6 mi
  • Mammoth Mill: 10.8 mi
  • Sierra Buttes Fire Lookout: 11.8 mi
  • Sierra County Chinese Laborer Memorial: 13.6 mi
  • North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company, California Registered Historical Landmark No. 852: 19.8 mi
Museums: 6
Waterfalls: 6
  • Fern Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Frazier Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Hackmans Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Loves Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Feather Falls: 22.3 mi
Springs: 6
  • Switchback spring: 13.5 mi
  • Upper Derbec Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Willow Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Derbec Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Holden Spring: 18.7 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Missouri Bar: 21.3 mi
  • Illinois Bar: 22.9 mi
  • Edwards Crossing: 23.3 mi
  • Emerald Pool: 24.1 mi
  • China Dam: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Mount Alma. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sierra ButtesESE2,617 m11.9 mi
Mount ElwellENE2,361 m9.7 mi
Mount FillmoreN2,344 m5.3 mi
Pilot PeakN2,271 m9.0 mi
Mount WashingtonENE2,236 m9.1 mi
Blue Nose MountainNNE2,217 m8.7 mi
GibraltarNE2,210 m5.9 mi
Eureka PeakNE2,183 m9.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:16
June solstice05:3719:5520:35
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:2216:0016:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394245505764706965554438
Precip in11.310.710.05.33.61.10.10.20.73.36.811.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Downieville, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358796602

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