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Mount Ophir

Mount Ophir, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Ophir rises to 376 m in California. Manuel Peak stands 1,354 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Chili Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49053899, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
376 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.24436, -120.72743

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Museums: 16
Springs: 14
  • Gooseberry Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Spanish Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Canzatti Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Hicks Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Turners Spring: 18.9 mi
Historic sites: 13
  • Tailing Wheel No. 3: 8.6 mi
  • Flume Tressel Piers: 8.6 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 2: 8.7 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 1: 8.7 mi
  • Massa Tunnel: 8.7 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Kennedy Gold Mine: 9.0 mi
  • California Caverns: 12.2 mi
  • Sutter Gold Mine: 12.3 mi
  • Historic Joseph H. Thomas House: 13.2 mi
  • Black Chasm Cavern: 14.1 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • A Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
  • B Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
  • C Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
  • Heron Point Day Use: 21.1 mi
  • Lupine Day Use Area: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Gardens: 1
  • F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 5.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 18.9 mi
Beaches: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • National Recreation Area: 21.6 mi
Cliffs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Mount Ophir. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Manuel PeakE 90°1,354 m18.4 mi
Cougar RockE 93°1,297.56 m18.4 mi
Mount CrossmanNE 35°1,184 m18.5 mi
Fort MountainENE 64°999 m15.4 mi
Mount ZionNNE 22°899 m10.9 mi
Bear MountainSSE 153°879 m17.4 mi
Mineral MountainESE 104°856 m15.5 mi
Joaquin PeakSSE 164°854 m7.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:4119:5120:30
September equinox06:5118:2719:01
December solstice07:1716:0516:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485155596673797875665548
Precip in4.03.83.62.11.30.30.00.00.21.12.24.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camp Pardee, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 230068 — Mount Ophir, Calaveras County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358772097

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