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Mount Vaca

Mount Vaca, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Vaca rises to 857 m in California. Berryessa Peak stands 927 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Signal Hill, a peak 2.1 miles away.

The story

Mount Vaca is a mountain in Napa and Solano counties of Northern California. It is both the highest point in the Vaca Mountains and in Solano County. It is also one of several peaks in the San Francisco Bay Area that receive winter snow.

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Wikidata Q8524487, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
857 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.40019, -122.10608

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Signal Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Bull Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Ephlin Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Lemon Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Putnam Peak: 4.7 mi
Parks
  • North Orchard Park: 5.8 mi
  • Dreamers Park: 6.1 mi
  • Hemlock School Park: 6.1 mi
  • Alamo Park: 6.1 mi
  • Alamo Creek Park: 6.1 mi
Attractions: 60
  • Jelly Belly: 11.2 mi
  • Fig Tree: 11.5 mi
  • Napa Valley Wine Train: 11.8 mi
  • Balloons Above the Valley: 12.8 mi
  • Cool Patch Pumpkins: 13.4 mi
Historic sites: 39
  • William Gordon Huff: 6.6 mi
  • Pioneer Monument: 6.6 mi
  • Solano County Vietnam War Memorial: 7.0 mi
  • Rockville Stone Chapel: 10.6 mi
  • First Street Bridge: 11.9 mi
Artworks: 37
  • Valley Harvest: 7.1 mi
  • KUIC Sculpture: 7.2 mi
  • Lincoln Corner Apartments: 7.4 mi
  • "Dixie" the Dinosaur: 7.5 mi
  • Patch the Giraffe: 8.2 mi
Museums: 35
  • Pena Adobe Park: 6.5 mi
  • Vacaville Museum: 6.8 mi
  • Center for Freedom & Flight: 8.1 mi
  • American Armory Museum: 10.9 mi
  • Napa County Historical Society: 12.1 mi
Picnic sites: 29
Gardens: 19
  • Vacaville's Demonstration Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Demonstration Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Pauline Davidson Living Memorial Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Fairfield Rose Garden: 10.3 mi
  • The Grove: 10.8 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Green Valley Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Haraszthy Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Linda Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Sonoma Creek Falls: 22.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 1
  • Sulfur Springs: 21.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 21.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Mount Vaca. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Berryessa PeakNNW 346°927 m18.8 mi
Windy PointN 350°865 m17.1 mi
Mount VeederW 266°817 m18.6 mi
Atlas PeakWNW 292°814 m9.2 mi
The TreesN 350°808 m17.8 mi
Canterbury MountainN 358°743 m16.8 mi
Signal HillSE 145°726 m2.1 mi
Mount Saint JohnW 278°713 m19.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4619:5720:36
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2316:1016:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475053576471767572635347
Precip in5.75.94.11.71.00.20.00.00.11.12.55.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Markley Cove, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358796306

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