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Mount Provo

Mount Provo, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Provo rises to 1,479 m in California. Bell Mountain stands 2,425 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Lewis, a peak 2.9 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

The story

Mountain in California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49054232, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,479 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.01187, -120.20630

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 43
Springs: 33
  • Alder Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Deadwood Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Robert Nichols Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Camp Twentyone Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Ruby Hill Spring: 7.3 mi
Museums: 13
Historic sites: 10
  • Springfield Armory/School/Store: 11.3 mi
  • Grumman TS-2A Tracker: 11.4 mi
  • Miner’s Camp: 12.4 mi
  • Mark Twain Bret Harte Trail - Chinese Camp: 15.7 mi
  • Murphys: 16.4 mi
Attractions: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Veterans Memorial: 9.8 mi
  • Remote Camp: 12.2 mi
  • Moccasin Point: 14.6 mi
  • Lupine Day Use Area: 16.6 mi
  • Heron Point Day Use: 17.0 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Dunn Court Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Lake Lodge Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Beach 1: 17.1 mi
  • Beach 2: 17.1 mi
Waterfalls: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Gardens: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Scoutmaster Grotto: 13.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 15.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Mount Provo. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bell MountainENE2,425 m18.1 mi
Bourland MountainENE2,346 m16.1 mi
Lookout PointE2,201 m18.3 mi
Hells MountainENE2,115 m16.3 mi
McKee HillNNE1,942 m18.7 mi
Strawberry PeakNE1,840 m15.9 mi
Shumake KnollN1,799 m17.2 mi
Duckwall MountainESE1,775 m5.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3919:4820:28
September equinox06:4918:2518:59
December solstice07:1416:0416:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444650536168757469605044
Precip in6.35.55.43.01.50.30.00.10.21.63.25.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sonora, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1659438 — Mount Provo, Tuolumne County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358807128

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