Mount Vaca
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
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Peytonia Slough Ecological Reserve: 12.5 mi
- Hill Slough Wildlife Area: 12.8 mi
- Grizzly Island Wildlife Area- Grey Goose Unit: 13.8 mi
- Rush Ranch: 14.2 mi
- Grizzly Island Wildlife Area- Golden Hills Unit: 14.9 mi
- Cement: 9.5 mi
- Buckeye: 16.1 mi
- Cottonwood: 19.3 mi
- Wingo: 21.6 mi
- Eckley: 24.5 mi
- Green Valley Falls: 9.4 mi
- Haraszthy Falls: 18.5 mi
- Linda Falls: 21.1 mi
- Sonoma Creek Falls: 22.7 mi
- Stags Leap: 11.3 mi
- Taylor Bluffs: 16.2 mi
- Jackson Bluffs: 18.3 mi
- Sunset Point: 22.2 mi
- Sulfur Springs: 21.2 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berryessa Peak | NNW 346° | 927 m | 18.8 mi |
| Windy Point | N 350° | 865 m | 17.1 mi |
| Mount Veeder | W 266° | 817 m | 18.6 mi |
| Atlas Peak | WNW 292° | 814 m | 9.2 mi |
| The Trees | N 350° | 808 m | 17.8 mi |
| Canterbury Mountain | N 358° | 743 m | 16.8 mi |
| Signal Hill | SE 145° | 726 m | 2.1 mi |
| Mount Saint John | W 278° | 713 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:10 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 50 | 53 | 57 | 64 | 71 | 76 | 75 | 72 | 63 | 53 | 47 |
| Precip in | 5.7 | 5.9 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Markley Cove, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358796306
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