Night Cap Peak
Night Cap Peak rises to 3,243 m in California. Tower Peak stands 3,582 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Leavitt Peak, a peak 2.6 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
The story
Night Cap Peak is a 10,641-foot-elevation (3,243-meter) mountain summit located in Tuolumne County, California, United States.
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Wikidata Q49056932, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,243 m
How to reach it
- 17.6 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 23 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Leavitt Peak: 2.6 mi
- Sonora Peak: 4.4 mi
- Sonora Crag: 4.7 mi
- Kennedy Peak: 4.7 mi
- Relief Peak: 4.9 mi
- Salt Spring: 7.1 mi
- Doe Springs: 15.0 mi
- Buck Springs: 15.9 mi
- Box Spring: 16.9 mi
- Lava Springs: 17.4 mi
- Sardine Falls: 3.7 mi
- Leavitt Falls: 7.0 mi
- Silver Falls: 8.2 mi
- Cascade Falls: 10.2 mi
- Llewellyn Falls: 11.5 mi
- Douglas Picnic Ground: 4.9 mi
- Bridgeport: 9.9 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 10.4 mi
- Walker Community Park: 18.2 mi
- Mountain Gate Park: 19.1 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 16.0 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 20.3 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 20.6 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 18.0 mi
- Beach 2: 18.1 mi
- Beach 1: 18.2 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 21.9 mi
- Strawberry: 19.2 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 20.1 mi
- Old Jail: 21.0 mi
- East Flange Rock: 6.3 mi
- Bloods Point: 22.4 mi
- Carson-Iceberg Wilderness: 11.9 mi
- Aspen Glen Reserve: 19.6 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 6.4 mi
- Peep Sight: 15.6 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 16.1 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Night Cap Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Peak | SE 145° | 3,582 m | 13.7 mi |
| Walker Mountain | ESE 113° | 3,524 m | 12.8 mi |
| Leavitt Peak | SE 124° | 3,516 m | 2.6 mi |
| Hanna Mountain | SE 126° | 3,491 m | 13.9 mi |
| Sonora Peak | NE 43° | 3,484 m | 4.4 mi |
| White Mountain | NE 40° | 3,470 m | 6.5 mi |
| Flatiron Butte | SE 125° | 3,470 m | 13.2 mi |
| Stanislaus Peak | NNE 14° | 3,426 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:47 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 46 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 6.3 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hetch Hetchy, 24 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358796180
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