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Mount Day

Mount Day, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Day rises to 1,163 m in California. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the southeast, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away.

The story

Mountain in California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49052439, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,163 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.42077, -121.70078

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions
  • Frog pond: 4.1 mi
  • W-Tree: 8.2 mi
  • Sidewinder: 8.5 mi
  • Lazy River: 8.5 mi
  • Dragon's Den: 8.5 mi
Historic sites: 58
  • Pala Seca Cabin: 3.0 mi
  • Reverend Hamilton: 6.3 mi
  • A Pioneer Memorial: 8.1 mi
  • Little Calvary: 8.6 mi
  • J. J. Montgomery Monument: 9.1 mi
Parks
Gardens: 58
Picnic sites: 54
Springs: 24
Waterfalls: 10
Ghost towns: 7
Beaches: 4
  • Del Valle West Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 11.3 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 18.9 mi
  • Niles beach: 19.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • The Bluff: 6.7 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 14.3 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Mount Day. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakSE1,327 m6.4 mi
Observatory PeakSSE1,298 m6.3 mi
Hipparchus PeakSE1,295 m6.5 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakSSE1,286 m6.4 mi
Mount HamiltonSSE1,279 m6.3 mi
Huyghens PeakSSE1,276 m6.4 mi
Mount IsabelSE1,275 m7.9 mi
Galileo PeakSE1,273 m6.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:4719:5320:32
September equinox06:5518:3119:05
December solstice07:1816:1216:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444345485564727267594943
Precip in5.04.84.42.21.30.30.00.10.21.33.04.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Hamilton, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/548107276

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