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Mount Oso

Mount Oso, a peak in California
Mount Oso, a peak in Californiasdold · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Oso, a peak in California
sdold · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Oso, a peak in California
Dave Raiman · CC BY 3.0

Mount Oso rises to 1,024 m in California. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Knob, a peak 3.4 miles away.

About

The story

Mount Oso (Spanish: Cerro del Oso) is a mountain in Western Stanislaus County, California, and is located on the Diablo Range. At 3,352 feet (1,022 m) feet in elevation, it is the third highest point in Stanislaus County. There are many radio stations and an unused forest fire lookout tower on the mountain. It appears in the City of Modesto's logo due to its predominance in the area's skyline.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q6922612, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1024 m
Getting there

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Coordinates37.50742, -121.37429
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Sungiant Park: 12.1 mi
  • Rosette Park: 12.1 mi
  • Tri Gem Park: 12.2 mi
  • Castlebrite Park: 12.2 mi
  • Early Gold Park: 12.3 mi
Historic sites: 25
  • Ellen Le: 9.2 mi
  • Fred W. “Bill” Gehri Bridge: 11.5 mi
  • Carnegie Brick Ruins: 12.0 mi
  • Carbona Station: 13.2 mi
  • Rancho Del Puerto: 13.6 mi
Springs: 20
  • Lone Tree Mineral Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Hatch Spring: 16.7 mi
  • South Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 18.6 mi
  • Bear Spring: 20.2 mi
Nature reserves: 13
Museums: 12
Artworks: 9
Picnic sites: 9
Attractions: 7
Gardens: 6
Waterfalls: 4
  • Finnegan Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Pinto Creek Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Robison Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Murietta Falls: 18.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Del Valle West Beach: 18.2 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 18.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • The Bluff: 21.2 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 21.7 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Mount Oso. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakSW 232°1,327 m17.9 mi
Observatory PeakSW 232°1,298 m18.7 mi
Hipparchus PeakSW 231°1,295 m17.8 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakSW 232°1,286 m18.4 mi
Mount HamiltonSW 232°1,279 m18.7 mi
Huyghens PeakSW 232°1,276 m18.5 mi
Mount IsabelSW 227°1,275 m18.4 mi
Galileo PeakSW 233°1,273 m17.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:18
June solstice05:4519:5220:31
September equinox06:5418:3019:04
December solstice07:1716:1116:51

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475155596572757471645446
Precip in2.32.61.71.00.70.20.00.00.10.71.12.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tracy Carbona, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 230140 — Mount Oso, Stanislaus County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358772204

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