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Rocky Point

Rocky Point, seen from above at true elevation

Rocky Point rises to 220 m in California. Mount Crossman stands 1,184 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarloaf Peak, a peak 1.8 miles away.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49069204, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
220 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.41991, -120.88994

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites: 22
  • Keystone Mine: 3.6 mi
  • Iron Ivan: 5.2 mi
  • Massa Tunnel: 7.2 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 1: 7.2 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 2: 7.2 mi
Museums: 21
  • Amador Whitney Museum: 3.6 mi
  • Preston Castle: 4.8 mi
  • Monteverde Store Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Knight Foundry: 5.2 mi
  • Change House Museum and Gift Shop: 6.9 mi
Attractions: 9
  • The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown: 2.5 mi
  • Historic Joseph H. Thomas House: 3.5 mi
  • Sutter Gold Mine: 4.3 mi
  • Kennedy Gold Mine: 6.9 mi
  • Black Chasm Cavern: 14.3 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 4
  • Spanish Spring: 2.3 mi
  • Marble Springs: 19.0 mi
  • Canzatti Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Liddicoat Spring: 20.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • A Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
  • B Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
  • C Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Mokelumne Beach: 18.0 mi
  • Horse Shoe Hill Shore: 23.1 mi
  • Moot Rock Beach: 23.2 mi
  • Laurel Beach: 23.4 mi
Gardens: 3
  • F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 20.0 mi
  • Sherwood Demonstration Garden: 21.2 mi
  • Pheonix Community Garden: 24.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Pecker Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Leete Falls: 23.7 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Cliffs: 1
Artworks: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Rocky Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CrossmanE 81°1,184 m19.6 mi
Round MountainENE 61°1,063 m16.9 mi
Little MountainENE 58°1,029 m22.2 mi
Cement HillENE 57°1,018 m17.9 mi
Fort MountainESE 103°999 m23.2 mi
Mount ZionE 99°899 m13.1 mi
Joaquin PeakSSE 151°854 m22.0 mi
Quiggs MountainSE 131°843 m19.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:16
June solstice05:4119:5220:32
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:1816:0516:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475052566371787773655447
Precip in6.15.74.92.81.70.40.00.00.21.73.15.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sutter Hill CDF, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358773711

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