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Quartz Mountain

Quartz Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Quartz Mountain rises to 502 m in California. Duckwall Mountain stands 1,775 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Jamestown Museum, a museum 2.1 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tuolumne County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49066070, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
502 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.92354, -120.41992

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 58
Springs: 28
  • Gold Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Vine Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Lord Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Freeze-Out Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Turners Spring: 12.4 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • Mark Twain Bret Harte Trail - Chinese Camp: 3.7 mi
  • Springfield Armory/School/Store: 6.8 mi
  • Old Crimea House: 7.0 mi
  • Eastwood Ravine Trestle Bridge: 7.4 mi
  • Grumman TS-2A Tracker: 7.4 mi
Museums: 11
Attractions: 7
Picnic sites: 6
  • Veterans Memorial: 4.7 mi
  • Lupine Day Use Area: 6.4 mi
  • Heron Point Day Use: 6.9 mi
  • Moccasin Point: 8.0 mi
  • Remote Camp: 16.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 5
Nature reserves: 4
Beaches: 4
  • Dunn Court Beach: 12.9 mi
  • Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Lake Lodge Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Cocklebur Beach: 24.9 mi
Gardens: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 9.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Quartz Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Duckwall MountainE 79°1,775 m16.7 mi
Mount LewisENE 61°1,661 m16.0 mi
Elizabeth PeakNE 44°1,486 m13.4 mi
Mount ProvoENE 62°1,479 m13.1 mi
Murphy PeakENE 73°1,365 m14.7 mi
Wet Meadow HillE 92°1,206 m14.0 mi
SugarloafE 97°1,180 m15.1 mi
Telegraph HillNNE 27°1,128 m8.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:4019:4920:28
September equinox06:5018:2619:00
December solstice07:1516:0516:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444650536168757469605044
Precip in6.35.55.43.01.50.30.00.10.21.63.25.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sonora, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358773141

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