Mount Zion
Mount Zion rises to 899 m in California. Blue Mountain stands 1,835 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Amador County Model Railroad Museum, a museum 1.2 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.
The story
mountain in Amador County, California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49055336, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 899 m
How to reach it
- 18.6 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Liberty Vista Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Clinton Peak: 1.5 mi
- Jackson Butte: 5.1 mi
- French Hill: 6.2 mi
- Ohio Hill: 6.5 mi
- Tunnel Hill: 6.8 mi
- Pine Grove Park: 1.6 mi
- Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park: 2.4 mi
- Tabeaud Lake picnic spot: 2.7 mi
- Lake Tabeaud: 2.8 mi
- Tabeaud Picnic Tables: 2.8 mi
- Amador County Model Railroad Museum: 1.2 mi
- Chaw'se Regional Indian Museum: 2.5 mi
- Amador County Museum: 7.1 mi
- Change House Museum and Gift Shop: 7.1 mi
- Knight Foundry: 8.0 mi
- Canzatti Spring: 7.6 mi
- Marble Springs: 11.6 mi
- Liddicoat Spring: 12.0 mi
- Sugar Spring: 14.0 mi
- Spanish Spring: 15.2 mi
- Black Chasm Cavern: 3.2 mi
- Kennedy Gold Mine: 7.1 mi
- Sutter Gold Mine: 8.8 mi
- Historic Joseph H. Thomas House: 9.6 mi
- The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown: 11.4 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 3: 6.9 mi
- Flume Tressel Piers: 7.0 mi
- Massa Tunnel: 7.0 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 2: 7.0 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 1: 7.0 mi
- Oak Leaf: 22.4 mi
- A Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- B Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- C Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Middle Bar: 8.3 mi
- Logtown: 20.0 mi
- Michigan Bar: 22.6 mi
- McKays Point: 21.8 mi
- Calaveras Dome: 24.0 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 22.6 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 24.3 mi
- F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 13.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Mount Zion. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain | ESE 102° | 1,835 m | 15.9 mi |
| Armstrong Hill | NE 54° | 1,735 m | 17.9 mi |
| Buck Mountain | E 94° | 1,566 m | 15.2 mi |
| Devils Nose | ENE 68° | 1,445 m | 13.5 mi |
| Big Mountain | NNE 32° | 1,395 m | 15.1 mi |
| Manuel Peak | SE 125° | 1,354 m | 17.4 mi |
| Cougar Rock | SE 127° | 1,297.56 m | 17.9 mi |
| Bald Mountain | E 80° | 1,247 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:51 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:04 | 16:46 |
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 | 52 | 56 | 63 | 71 | 78 | 77 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 6.1 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sutter Hill CDF, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358779390
Day trips start here
- Placerville · 25 mi
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