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Rocky Mountain

Rocky Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Rocky Mountain rises to 524 m in California. Big Mountain stands 807 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is McCray Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away.

The story

Mountain in California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49069139, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
524 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.56158, -122.97917

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bruno Farnocchia Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
  • Riverkeeper Stewardship Park: 4.2 mi
  • J. K. Wright Playground and Courts: 4.3 mi
  • Guerneville River Park: 4.3 mi
  • Forestville River Access: 4.6 mi
Artworks: 60
Peaks
Historic sites: 34
Gardens: 27
  • Rio Nido Community Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Harry and Maggie Wetzel Native Plant Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Creekside Park Communal Orchard and Farm: 7.2 mi
  • Robbin Food Forest: 10.2 mi
  • Ragle Ranch Peace Garden: 13.0 mi
Beaches: 23
  • Johnson's Beach: 4.4 mi
  • River Bend Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Mother’s Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Vacation Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Children's Beach: 5.7 mi
Attractions: 18
Museums: 14
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 5
  • Gravelly Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Skaggs Springs: 9.4 mi
  • Johnny Brown Springs: 15.1 mi
  • Hunter Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Rattlesnake Spring: 22.3 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Campo Gianni: 9.2 mi
  • Oak Savanna Group Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
  • Birthday Party Area: 18.5 mi
  • Lawson Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
  • Creekside Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Arched Rock: 11.9 mi
  • Hole in the Rock: 20.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Rocky Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big MountainNW807 m13.6 mi
Centennial MountainNW747 m12.8 mi
Pole MountainWSW672 m8.6 mi
Buck KnollNW627 m4.0 mi
High RockWNW611 m10.2 mi
Little Black MountainWSW598 m8.3 mi
Red HillNW598 m11.2 mi
Lookout RockNW587 m14.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4919:24
June solstice05:4920:0120:40
September equinox07:0018:3619:10
December solstice07:2716:1316:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495154596470727169635448
Precip in8.08.36.42.91.60.30.00.00.12.24.58.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Healdsburg, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1659536 — Rocky Mountain, Sonoma County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358807198

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