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Mount Misery

Mount Misery, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Misery rises to 751 m in California. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the northeast, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Hidden forest park, a park 1.9 miles away.

The story

Mountain in California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49053643, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
751 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.27768, -121.70646

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hidden forest park: 1.9 mi
  • Blackpool Pocket Park: 2.8 mi
  • Foligno park: 3.0 mi
  • Metcalf Motorcycle County Park: 3.3 mi
  • Montgomery Hill Park: 3.4 mi
Attractions
  • Frog pond: 6.4 mi
  • Little Dipper: 7.1 mi
  • Slide Creek Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Shotgun Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Serpentine Slides: 7.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • J. J. Montgomery Monument: 3.3 mi
  • J. J. Montgomery Monument - "Soaring Flight": 3.8 mi
  • Reverend Hamilton: 5.6 mi
  • Historic El Camino Real: 5.8 mi
  • Pala Seca Cabin: 6.9 mi
Picnic sites: 56
Gardens: 54
Museums: 53
Springs: 36
Waterfalls: 17
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 6
  • The Bluff: 16.0 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 20.2 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 21.5 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 21.8 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 24.0 mi
Beaches: 5

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Mount Misery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakNE1,327 m6.4 mi
Observatory PeakNE1,298 m5.6 mi
Hipparchus PeakNE1,295 m6.4 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakNE1,286 m5.8 mi
Mount HamiltonNE1,279 m5.6 mi
Huyghens PeakNE1,276 m5.7 mi
Mount IsabelNE1,275 m5.8 mi
Galileo PeakNE1,273 m6.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:4719:5220:31
September equinox06:5518:3119:05
December solstice07:1816:1316:53

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, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358770857

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