North Mountain
North Mountain rises to 1,747 m in California. Haystack Peak stands 3,044 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Preston Falls, a waterfall 1.5 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 6.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,747 m
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 10 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sunrise Peak: 2.4 mi
- Bear Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Joes Point: 3.4 mi
- Ascension Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Ackerson Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Preston Falls: 1.5 mi
- Carlon Falls: 7.4 mi
- Tueeulala Falls: 8.0 mi
- Jawbone Falls: 8.4 mi
- Wapama Falls: 8.5 mi
- Shingle Spring: 7.6 mi
- Rackerby Jack Spring: 7.8 mi
- Pilot Peak Spring: 9.5 mi
- Indian Spring: 10.3 mi
- Walton Cabin Spring: 11.0 mi
- Nature Museum: 2.6 mi
- Interpretive Center: 2.7 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Museum: 16.9 mi
- Groveland Museum: 18.5 mi
- Groveland Jail: 18.8 mi
- Greeley Hill County Park: 15.3 mi
- Red Cloud: 16.5 mi
- El Portal Park: 16.8 mi
- Groveland Sports Complex: 18.4 mi
- Mary Laveroni Park: 18.5 mi
- Carlon Day Use Area: 6.4 mi
- Remote Camp: 13.1 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 16.9 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
- Fireplace Bluffs: 16.5 mi
- Rockslides: 17.8 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 19.6 mi
- Profile Cliff: 20.7 mi
- The Fissures: 20.7 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 10.5 mi
- Merced Grove: 11.0 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 16.9 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 16.9 mi
- Valley View Yosemite (Sunset Spot): 17.9 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 16.4 mi
- Dunn Court Beach: 16.9 mi
- Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 17.0 mi
- Beach 2: 20.6 mi
- Beach 1: 20.7 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 13.1 mi
- World Heritage Site: 19.9 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 21.2 mi
- Women's Club Building: 21.2 mi
- Strawberry: 21.3 mi
- Cat Town: 20.7 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 24.1 mi
- Dedication Garden: 13.3 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 19.0 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 19.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of North Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haystack Peak | NE 39° | 3,044 m | 18.2 mi |
| Schofield Peak | NE 42° | 3,025 m | 17.9 mi |
| Richardson Peak | NE 41° | 3,002 m | 16.7 mi |
| Double Rock | E 90° | 2,982 m | 17.7 mi |
| Wheeler Peak | NNE 33° | 2,736 m | 16.3 mi |
| Mahan Peak | NE 48° | 2,735 m | 15.4 mi |
| Tiltill Mountain | NE 55° | 2,733 m | 15.3 mi |
| Rancheria Mountain | ENE 76° | 2,732 m | 16.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:47 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 41 | 44 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 9.6 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 8.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cherry Valley DAM, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 252464 — North Mountain, Tuolumne County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358795268
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 21 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 22 mi
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