Mount Mocho
Mount Mocho rises to 1,117 m in California. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mocho North Peak, a peak 0.5 miles away.
The story
Mount Mocho is a summit in the Diablo Range, in Santa Clara County, California. It rises to an elevation 3,665 feet / 1,117 meters.
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Wikidata Q49053655, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,117 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mocho North Peak: 0.5 mi
- Mount Boardman: 2.2 mi
- Boardman North Peak: 2.7 mi
- Red Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Eylar Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Fred W. “Bill” Gehri Bridge: 6.1 mi
- Reverend Hamilton: 11.3 mi
- Carnegie Brick Ruins: 12.2 mi
- Pala Seca Cabin: 13.0 mi
- Carbona Station: 17.2 mi
- Discoveries: 19.2 mi
- Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva - The Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion: 19.4 mi
- Bhaisajyaguru: The Medicine Buddha: 19.4 mi
- The Barefoot Immortal's footprint: 19.4 mi
- Dhrtarashtra - Guardian of the East: 19.4 mi
- Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area: 12.5 mi
- Camp Ohlone Regional Park: 14.1 mi
- Del Valle State Recreation Area: 15.5 mi
- Tracy Hills Park: 15.6 mi
- Starcross Park: 15.8 mi
- Frog pond: 11.5 mi
- W-Tree: 17.3 mi
- Indian Joe Cave Rocks: 18.4 mi
- Tracy Holiday Light Show: 18.9 mi
- Lazy River: 19.3 mi
- Pala Seca Cabin: 13.0 mi
- Lichen Bark: 14.1 mi
- Stockman's Group Picnic SIte: 14.7 mi
- Sachi's Rest Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Chappell Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- Deer Creek Canyon Area: 6.7 mi
- Day Use Area: 7.2 mi
- Minniear Day Use Area: 8.5 mi
- Lick Observatory: 11.4 mi
- Blue Oak Ranch Reserve: 13.2 mi
- Alum Rock Science & Nature Center: 17.2 mi
- The Center Building: 20.0 mi
- Tracy Historical Museum: 20.0 mi
- Lammersville Pioneer School: 20.4 mi
- The Carnegie Museum: 21.6 mi
- Lone Tree Mineral Spring: 8.5 mi
- South Spring: 10.9 mi
- Hatch Spring: 13.4 mi
- Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 13.8 mi
- Willow Spring: 15.9 mi
- Lake Cunningham Native Garden: 18.9 mi
- Native Garden: 20.4 mi
- Chinese Cultural Garden: 20.7 mi
- Ponderosa Woods: 20.8 mi
- Gray Garden: 20.9 mi
- Pinto Creek Falls: 12.1 mi
- Murietta Falls: 13.3 mi
- Robison Falls: 14.0 mi
- Finnegan Falls: 20.2 mi
- Pacheco Falls: 22.2 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 13.8 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 14.3 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 24.2 mi
- The Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 17.9 mi
- San Joaquin City: 19.5 mi
- Tuolumne City: 22.4 mi
- Westley Rest Area: 12.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Mount Mocho. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | SW 225° | 1,327 m | 10.6 mi |
| Observatory Peak | SW 226° | 1,298 m | 11.3 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | SW 224° | 1,295 m | 10.5 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | SW 226° | 1,286 m | 11.1 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | SW 226° | 1,279 m | 11.3 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | SW 226° | 1,276 m | 11.2 mi |
| Mount Isabel | SW 218° | 1,275 m | 11.3 mi |
| Galileo Peak | SW 227° | 1,273 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:52 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:11 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 43 | 45 | 48 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 72 | 67 | 59 | 49 | 43 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Hamilton, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 228887 — Mount Mocho, Santa Clara County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358770939
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