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Red Mountain

Red Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Red Mountain rises to 1,113 m in California. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the west-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Ellen Le, a historic site 2.3 miles away.

The story

Red Mountain is a mountain summit on the divide of the Diablo Range in Santa Clara County, California. It lies at the northeastern edge of San Antonio Valley, along the border with Stanislaus County, California.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q49067659, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1113 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.41526, -121.46743

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Ellen Le: 2.3 mi
  • Fred W. “Bill” Gehri Bridge: 3.5 mi
  • Reverend Hamilton: 10.9 mi
  • Pala Seca Cabin: 13.6 mi
  • Carnegie Brick Ruins: 15.2 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Henry Willard Coe State Park: 15.4 mi
  • Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area: 15.5 mi
  • Camp Ohlone Regional Park: 16.2 mi
  • Woodland Star Park: 17.4 mi
  • Rosette Park: 17.4 mi
Picnic sites: 46
Nature reserves: 43
Attractions: 42
  • Frog pond: 11.7 mi
  • W-Tree: 19.5 mi
  • Lazy River: 19.7 mi
  • Little Dipper: 19.7 mi
  • Sidewinder: 19.7 mi
Springs: 28
  • Hatch Spring: 10.3 mi
  • South Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Lone Tree Mineral Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Bear Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 13.7 mi
Gardens: 14
Waterfalls: 5
  • Pinto Creek Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Robison Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Murietta Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Pacheco Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Finnegan Falls: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Del Valle West Beach: 16.7 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 17.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • The Bluff: 17.3 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Red Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakWSW 242°1,327 m10.1 mi
Observatory PeakWSW 242°1,298 m10.9 mi
Hipparchus PeakWSW 242°1,295 m10.0 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakWSW 242°1,286 m10.6 mi
Mount HamiltonWSW 242°1,279 m10.9 mi
Huyghens PeakWSW 242°1,276 m10.8 mi
Mount IsabelSW 234°1,275 m10.4 mi
Galileo PeakWSW 244°1,273 m10.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4419:18
June solstice05:4619:5220:31
September equinox06:5418:3019:04
December solstice07:1716:1116:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444345485564727267594943
Precip in5.04.84.42.21.30.30.00.10.21.33.04.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Hamilton, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1659483 — Red Mountain, Stanislaus County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358807171

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