Quartz Mountain
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
- 21.4 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Page Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Hog Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Taylor Hill: 4.9 mi
- Peoria Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Hungry Hill: 5.8 mi
- Rocca Park: 2.1 mi
- Mother Lode Fairgrounds: 4.1 mi
- Woods Creek Rotary Park: 4.3 mi
- Foster's Prospectors Park: 4.5 mi
- Coffils Park: 4.6 mi
- 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
- 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
- Jamestown Museum: 2.1 mi
- Tuolumne County Museum: 4.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial Military Museum: 4.7 mi
- Columbia Museum: 7.8 mi
- Tuolumne City Memorial Museum: 10.4 mi
- Jamestown Branch Jail: 2.1 mi
- Heisler #2 Steam Engine: 10.3 mi
- Moaning Caverns Adventure Park: 10.4 mi
- Murphys Pokey: 15.0 mi
- Knights Ferry Covered Bridge: 15.1 mi
- 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
- The Grotto: 2.4 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 7.6 mi
- Negro Jack Point: 9.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 16.9 mi
- McKays Point: 23.2 mi
- Chinese Camp: 3.8 mi
- French Flat: 4.4 mi
- Carson Hill: 8.6 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 20.0 mi
- Davis's Ferry: 22.7 mi
- Red Hills: 4.9 mi
- National Recreation Area: 6.2 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 24.3 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 24.9 mi
- 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
- Dedication Garden: 16.8 mi
- F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 22.8 mi
- Natural Bridge: 9.6 mi
- Diana Falls: 24.0 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duckwall Mountain | E 79° | 1,775 m | 16.7 mi |
| Mount Lewis | ENE 61° | 1,661 m | 16.0 mi |
| Elizabeth Peak | NE 44° | 1,486 m | 13.4 mi |
| Mount Provo | ENE 62° | 1,479 m | 13.1 mi |
| Murphy Peak | ENE 73° | 1,365 m | 14.7 mi |
| Wet Meadow Hill | E 92° | 1,206 m | 14.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf | E 97° | 1,180 m | 15.1 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | NNE 27° | 1,128 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:49 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:26 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:05 | 16:46 |
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 | 44 | 46 | 50 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 60 | 50 | 44 |
| Precip in | 6.3 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sonora, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358773141
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