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Mount Isabel

Mount Isabel, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Isabel rises to 1,275 m in California. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the north-northwest, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Lick Observatory, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away.

The story

Mountain in California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49053184, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,275 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.32646, -121.62054

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Frog pond: 3.9 mi
  • Little Dipper: 10.6 mi
  • Lazy River: 10.6 mi
  • Shotgun Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Great White Shark: 10.6 mi
Parks
  • Hidden forest park: 7.4 mi
  • Montgomery Hill Park: 7.8 mi
  • Fowler Creek Park: 8.0 mi
  • Evergreen Park: 8.3 mi
  • Blackpool Pocket Park: 8.4 mi
Peaks
  • Hipparchus Peak: 1.4 mi
  • Copernicus Peak: 1.5 mi
  • Tycho Brahe Peak: 1.5 mi
  • Huyghens Peak: 1.5 mi
  • Ptolemy Peak: 1.5 mi
Picnic sites: 59
Historic sites: 58
  • Reverend Hamilton: 1.6 mi
  • Pala Seca Cabin: 6.1 mi
  • Fred W. “Bill” Gehri Bridge: 7.8 mi
  • J. J. Montgomery Monument: 8.0 mi
  • J. J. Montgomery Monument - "Soaring Flight": 8.5 mi
Museums: 41
Gardens: 39
Springs: 33
Waterfalls: 14
  • Pinto Creek Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Robison Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Murietta Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Pacheco Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Lower Falls: 19.1 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Cliffs: 2
  • The Bluff: 14.6 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 21.6 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Del Valle West Beach: 17.8 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 18.3 mi
Rest areas: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Mount Isabel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakNNW1,327 m1.5 mi
Observatory PeakNW1,298 m1.6 mi
Hipparchus PeakNNW1,295 m1.4 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakNW1,286 m1.5 mi
Mount HamiltonNW1,279 m1.6 mi
Huyghens PeakNW1,276 m1.5 mi
Galileo PeakNNW1,273 m1.9 mi
Ptolemy PeakWNW1,237 m1.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4419:19
June solstice05:4719:5220:31
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, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358796105

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