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Mount Zion

Mount Zion, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates38.38991, -120.65187

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Museums: 17
Springs: 14
  • 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
Attractions: 13
  • 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
Historic sites: 11
  • 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
Picnic sites: 4
  • Oak Leaf: 22.4 mi
  • A Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
  • B Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
  • C Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 2
Nature reserves: 2
Gardens: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MountainESE 102°1,835 m15.9 mi
Armstrong HillNE 54°1,735 m17.9 mi
Buck MountainE 94°1,566 m15.2 mi
Devils NoseENE 68°1,445 m13.5 mi
Big MountainNNE 32°1,395 m15.1 mi
Manuel PeakSE 125°1,354 m17.4 mi
Cougar RockSE 127°1,297.56 m17.9 mi
Bald MountainE 80°1,247 m11.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:4019:5120:30
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:1716:0416:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475052566371787773655447
Precip in6.15.74.92.81.70.40.00.00.21.73.15.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sutter Hill CDF, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358779390

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