Rock Mountain
Rock Mountain rises to 867 m in California. Black Point stands 2,465 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is San Joaquin River Gorge Management Area, a park 1.9 miles away.
The story
mountain in California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49068927, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 867 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- San Joaquin River Gorge Management Area: 1.9 mi
- San Joaquin River Gorge Special Recreation Management Area: 3.0 mi
- North Fork Recreation Area Memorial Park: 9.1 mi
- Kechaye Cultural Preserve: 10.0 mi
- Shaver Lake Community Park: 11.0 mi
- Fowler Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Backbone Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Bug Table: 3.6 mi
- Kennedy Table: 5.2 mi
- Fish Creek Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Exact Center of California: 5.7 mi
- Whites Cabin: 12.9 mi
- Academy: 14.9 mi
- Cottonwood Park Arch: 20.6 mi
- Cottonwood Park Observation Point: 20.7 mi
- Arnold Spring: 7.7 mi
- Cole Spring: 15.5 mi
- Vichy Spring: 15.6 mi
- Daulton Spring: 15.7 mi
- Home Spring: 15.9 mi
- Eagle Point Day Use Area: 13.3 mi
- Rocky Point Picnic Ground: 13.8 mi
- Pine Point Day Use: 14.0 mi
- Lakeside Day Use Area: 14.3 mi
- The Falls Picnic Site: 15.8 mi
- San Joaquin Butte: 2.9 mi
- Big Sandy Bluff: 5.9 mi
- South Fork Bluffs: 11.8 mi
- Grand Bluff: 16.2 mi
- San Joaquin River Bluffs: 22.4 mi
- Stevenson Creek Falls: 10.1 mi
- Whisky Falls: 13.4 mi
- Angel Falls: 16.4 mi
- Line Creek Falls: 20.3 mi
- Corlieu Falls: 22.4 mi
- Sierra-Mono Indian Museum: 8.6 mi
- Museum of the Sierra: 11.4 mi
- Millerton Courthouse Museum: 12.4 mi
- Coarsegold Historic Museum: 12.8 mi
- Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park: 17.0 mi
- Big Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 5.7 mi
- Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 11.4 mi
- San Joaquin Experimental Range: 12.2 mi
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 12.8 mi
- Parkway Trust / Caglia: 20.9 mi
- Table Mountain Casino: 10.9 mi
- Willow Creek Trail: 16.2 mi
- Clovis Botanical Garden: 20.4 mi
- Clovis Rodeo Grounds: 21.9 mi
- Big Ed: 22.7 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 17.1 mi
- Clovis Rodeo Statue: 21.9 mi
- Tollhouse Crossing: 20.9 mi
- Oakhurst: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Rock Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Point | ENE 57° | 2,465 m | 17.0 mi |
| Tamarack Mountain | ENE 72° | 2,414 m | 17.2 mi |
| Sunset Point | ENE 63° | 2,219 m | 17.2 mi |
| Ely Mountain | ENE 75° | 2,091 m | 14.0 mi |
| Musick Mountain | ENE 68° | 2,065 m | 12.4 mi |
| Mount Stevenson | E 83° | 1,941 m | 10.6 mi |
| Source Point | NE 41° | 1,888 m | 10.9 mi |
| Peckinpah Mountain | NNE 13° | 1,827 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:43 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:05 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 52 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 81 | 80 | 75 | 64 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Auberry 2 NW, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 265509 — Rock Mountain, Fresno County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358799435
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