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Rock Mountain

Rock Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates37.10439, -119.51875

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 21
Springs: 12
  • 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
Picnic sites: 10
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 8
Museums: 7
Nature reserves: 6
  • 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
Attractions: 6
  • 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
Artworks: 2
  • Oakhurst Mural: 17.1 mi
  • Clovis Rodeo Statue: 21.9 mi
Gardens: 1
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black PointENE 57°2,465 m17.0 mi
Tamarack MountainENE 72°2,414 m17.2 mi
Sunset PointENE 63°2,219 m17.2 mi
Ely MountainENE 75°2,091 m14.0 mi
Musick MountainENE 68°2,065 m12.4 mi
Mount StevensonE 83°1,941 m10.6 mi
Source PointNE 41°1,888 m10.9 mi
Peckinpah MountainNNE 13°1,827 m12.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3619:10
June solstice05:3919:4320:22
September equinox06:4718:2218:57
December solstice07:0916:0516:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464852576574818075645345
Precip in5.34.44.12.11.00.30.10.00.11.22.24.2

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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