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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
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
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
Gardens: 55
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: 6

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Mount Misery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakNE 41°1,327 m6.4 mi
Observatory PeakNE 38°1,298 m5.6 mi
Hipparchus PeakNE 42°1,295 m6.4 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakNE 40°1,286 m5.8 mi
Mount HamiltonNE 38°1,279 m5.6 mi
Huyghens PeakNE 39°1,276 m5.7 mi
Mount IsabelNE 54°1,275 m5.8 mi
Galileo PeakNE 38°1,273 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 5080 °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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