Quartz Mountain
Quartz Mountain rises to 386 m in California. Bullion Knob stands 1,297 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Santa Cruz Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 28 miles off.
The story
mountain in Mariposa County, California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49066064, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 386 m
How to reach it
- 28.3 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Santa Cruz Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Indian Peak: 3.4 mi
- Three Buttes: 3.9 mi
- Shultz Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Cemetery Hill: 5.1 mi
- Hornitos Park: 1.9 mi
- Lake McSwain Recreational Area: 5.2 mi
- Catheys Valley Park: 7.9 mi
- McClure Point Recreation Area: 9.6 mi
- Bagby Recreation Area: 10.7 mi
- Sheepcamp Spring: 1.7 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 4.7 mi
- Barrel Spring: 8.2 mi
- Morning Star Spring: 9.5 mi
- Fremont Spring: 10.1 mi
- Mariposa Museum and History Center: 13.8 mi
- Ag Museum: 14.3 mi
- California State Mining and Mineral Museum: 15.1 mi
- Agricultural Museum Of Merced County: 16.0 mi
- The Northern Mariposa Country History Center: 16.3 mi
- Fremont’s Fort: 9.5 mi
- Carol Tomlinson-Keasey Memorial Quad: 13.3 mi
- September 11, 2001 Memorial: 14.2 mi
- Tuolumne Gold Dredge: 17.7 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 21.4 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 10.6 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 12.1 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 12.7 mi
- Merced County Preserve: 12.9 mi
- Merced Grasslands: 13.2 mi
- Mount Ophir: 9.1 mi
- Agua Fria: 11.1 mi
- Cat Town: 13.8 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 13.8 mi
- Gardening Club Orchard: 12.9 mi
- Gardening Club: 13.7 mi
- Gardening Club: 13.7 mi
- Beginnings: 13.4 mi
- Bobcat: 13.5 mi
- Big Rufus: 13.7 mi
- Chowchilla Recreation Area: 21.7 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 24.3 mi
- Diana Falls: 20.8 mi
- Highway Patrol Weigh Station: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Quartz Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bullion Knob | ENE 69° | 1,297 m | 11.3 mi |
| Fremont Peak | NE 54° | 1,277 m | 9.9 mi |
| Bullion Mountain | NE 54° | 1,272 m | 9.9 mi |
| Feliciana Mountain | ENE 64° | 1,250 m | 18.5 mi |
| Buckhorn Peak | NNE 23° | 1,147 m | 14.1 mi |
| Greeley Hill | N 11° | 1,101 m | 18.8 mi |
| Monotti Hill | NNE 20° | 1,056 m | 18.9 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | NE 50° | 1,041 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:47 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:06 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 50 | 54 | 59 | 67 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 73 | 64 | 53 | 46 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Merced, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 231125 — Quartz Mountain, Mariposa County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358773135
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