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Pine Peak

Pine Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Pine Peak rises to 405 m in California. Manuel Peak stands 1,354 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Ophir, a peak 0.9 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49061839, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
405 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.24797, -120.71243

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Museums: 16
Springs: 16
  • Gooseberry Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Spanish Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Canzatti Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Hicks Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Turners Spring: 19.0 mi
Historic sites: 13
  • Tailing Wheel No. 3: 8.6 mi
  • Flume Tressel Piers: 8.7 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 2: 8.8 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 1: 8.8 mi
  • Massa Tunnel: 8.8 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Kennedy Gold Mine: 9.1 mi
  • California Caverns: 11.5 mi
  • Sutter Gold Mine: 12.4 mi
  • Historic Joseph H. Thomas House: 13.4 mi
  • Black Chasm Cavern: 13.6 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Heron Point Day Use: 20.9 mi
  • Lupine Day Use Area: 21.4 mi
  • A Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
  • B Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
  • C Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Cliffs: 2
Gardens: 1
  • F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 4.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 18.5 mi
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Pine Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Manuel PeakE 91°1,354 m17.6 mi
Cougar RockE 94°1,297.56 m17.6 mi
Bald MountainNE 51°1,247 m18.8 mi
Mount CrossmanNNE 33°1,184 m17.9 mi
Darby KnobESE 107°1,127 m18.5 mi
Fort MountainENE 63°999 m14.5 mi
Mount ZionNNE 18°899 m10.3 mi
Bear MountainSSE 156°879 m17.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:4119:5120:30
September equinox06:5118:2719:01
December solstice07:1716:0516:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485155596673797875665548
Precip in4.03.83.62.11.30.30.00.00.21.12.24.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camp Pardee, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 230713 — Pine Peak, Calaveras County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358772755

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