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Pompys Point

Pompys Point, seen from above at true elevation

Pompys Point rises to 1,214 m in California. Red Mountain stands 1,935 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Shute Mountain, a peak 2.1 miles away.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49063156, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1214 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.69544, -121.25607

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 21
Museums: 10
  • Frank C. Reilly Museum: 14.5 mi
  • bath house museum: 19.8 mi
  • Depot Museum: 19.9 mi
  • Pioneer History Museum: 20.1 mi
  • Butte County Historical Society Museum: 20.1 mi
Cliffs: 9
Picnic sites: 4
  • Sandy Point Day Use: 14.9 mi
  • Convict Flat Picnic Site: 20.0 mi
  • Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
  • Tin Cup Diggins Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Historic sites: 3
  • Beatson Corral: 18.3 mi
  • World Trade Center artifact: 21.3 mi
  • Downie Chapter 1249: 24.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Hespol Memorial Spring: 18.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Pompys Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red MountainNNE 18°1,935 m10.4 mi
Grass Valley Bald MountainENE 74°1,908 m15.1 mi
Table MountainENE 61°1,864 m10.9 mi
Dogwood PeakENE 60°1,856 m12.3 mi
Fowler PeakENE 69°1,843 m14.6 mi
Frenchman HillN 5°1,805 m11.0 mi
La Porte Bald MountainE 89°1,794 m14.7 mi
Mount AraratNE 37°1,781 m10.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4219:17
June solstice05:3819:5720:37
September equinox06:5318:2819:04
December solstice07:2316:0216:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414143475562696864554640
Precip in14.713.712.86.44.01.20.00.20.54.18.616.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Strawberry Valley 2, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358807118

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