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Mount Stakes

Mount Stakes, a peak in California
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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

Coordinates37.32244, -121.40827

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Black Mountain: 0.7 mi
  • Snodgrass Peak: 4.3 mi
  • Robison Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • Grass: 4.8 mi
  • Mikes Peak: 5.6 mi
Parks
  • 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
Nature reserves: 55
Picnic sites: 40
  • 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
Attractions: 31
  • 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
Springs: 29
  • 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
Historic sites: 29
  • 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
Museums: 15
Waterfalls: 4
  • Pinto Creek Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Robison Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Pacheco Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Murietta Falls: 22.3 mi
Gardens: 4
  • 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
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Del Valle West Beach: 23.6 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 24.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • The Bluff: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakW 278°1,327 m12.3 mi
Observatory PeakW 276°1,298 m12.9 mi
Hipparchus PeakW 278°1,295 m12.2 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakW 276°1,286 m12.7 mi
Mount HamiltonW 276°1,279 m13.0 mi
Huyghens PeakW 276°1,276 m12.8 mi
Mount IsabelW 271°1,275 m11.7 mi
Galileo PeakW 279°1,273 m12.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:18
June solstice05:4619:5120:30
September equinox06:5418:3019:04
December solstice07:1716:1116:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444345485564727267594943
Precip in5.04.84.42.21.30.30.00.10.21.33.04.7

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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