Mount Stakes

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Mount Stakes rises to 1,157 m in California. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away.
The story
Mount Stakes is a mountain in the Diablo Range in California. The peak is located on the Santa Clara–Stanislaus county line and is located less than 1 mile north of Henry W. Coe State Park. It rises to an elevation of 3,810 feet (1,161 m) and is the highest point in Stanislaus County. It is 22 miles (35 km) west of Newman and 32 miles (51 km) southeast of Livermore. Some snow falls on the peak during the winter.
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Wikidata Q8526057, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1157 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Snodgrass Peak: 4.3 mi
- Robison Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Grass: 4.8 mi
- Mikes Peak: 5.6 mi
- Henry Willard Coe State Park: 10.4 mi
- Heritage Greens Park: 16.7 mi
- Jackson Oaks Park: 16.8 mi
- Woodland Star Park: 16.8 mi
- Blue Fiesta Park: 17.0 mi
- Day Use Area: 7.1 mi
- Deer Creek Canyon Area: 7.1 mi
- Minniear Day Use Area: 8.5 mi
- Henry W. Coe State Park: 10.5 mi
- Lick Observatory: 12.6 mi
- Pacheco Camp: 11.9 mi
- Woodchopper's Flat Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- Twin Redwoods Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Cooper's Point Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Calaveras Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Frog pond: 14.8 mi
- Community & Cultural Center: 19.0 mi
- CordeValle Winery: 21.6 mi
- Little Dipper: 22.2 mi
- Lazy River: 22.2 mi
- Hatch Spring: 3.9 mi
- Bear Spring: 7.3 mi
- Bear Spring Concrete Basin: 7.3 mi
- Bear Springs: 7.3 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 7.4 mi
- Fred W. “Bill” Gehri Bridge: 5.3 mi
- Ellen Le: 9.0 mi
- Henry Coe Monument: 11.7 mi
- Reverend Hamilton: 12.9 mi
- Gilroy Hot Springs: 15.2 mi
- The Center Building: 18.4 mi
- Villa Mira Monte: 18.9 mi
- Morgan Hill Museum: 18.9 mi
- Wings of History Air Museum: 19.9 mi
- Newman City Museum: 21.1 mi
- Discoveries: 21.3 mi
- Discoveries: 21.3 mi
- Discoveries: 21.3 mi
- Health Brings Peace of Heart and Happiness: 22.8 mi
- Lunar New Year: 22.9 mi
- Pinto Creek Falls: 1.9 mi
- Robison Falls: 3.8 mi
- Pacheco Falls: 12.5 mi
- Murietta Falls: 22.3 mi
- Rose Garden: 16.9 mi
- Morgan Hill Community Garden: 19.0 mi
- Lake Cunningham Native Garden: 21.8 mi
- Chinese Cultural Garden: 24.6 mi
- Westley Rest Area: 18.5 mi
- Westley Rest Area: 18.6 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 23.6 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 24.1 mi
- The Bluff: 23.1 mi
- Tuolumne City: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Mount Stakes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | W 278° | 1,327 m | 12.3 mi |
| Observatory Peak | W 276° | 1,298 m | 12.9 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | W 278° | 1,295 m | 12.2 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | W 276° | 1,286 m | 12.7 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | W 276° | 1,279 m | 13.0 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | W 276° | 1,276 m | 12.8 mi |
| Mount Isabel | W 271° | 1,275 m | 11.7 mi |
| Galileo Peak | W 279° | 1,273 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:51 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 235352 — Mount Stakes, Stanislaus County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358776481
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