Rose Peak
Rose Peak rises to 1,163 m in California. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Ohlone Regional Wilderness Area, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away.
The story
Rose Peak is a peak in the Diablo Range of California and is the officially listed highest point in Alameda County, though other sources claim the high point is actually nearby Discovery Peak.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q22077820, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1163 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Ohlone Regional Wilderness Area: 1.0 mi
- Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Blue Oak Ranch Reserve: 8.7 mi
- Lick Observatory: 13.1 mi
- New Chicago Marsh: 14.5 mi
- Camp Ohlone Regional Park: 2.1 mi
- Del Valle State Recreation Area: 5.9 mi
- Ed R Levin Park: 7.9 mi
- Veterans Park: 8.1 mi
- Sycamore Grove Park: 8.8 mi
- Goat Rock: 2.8 mi
- Mount Lewis: 3.2 mi
- Lookout Point: 3.3 mi
- Rocky Ridge: 3.4 mi
- Baby Peak: 4.7 mi
- W-Tree: 4.3 mi
- Indian Joe Cave Rocks: 5.2 mi
- Frog pond: 10.5 mi
- Oldest Light Bulb: 11.7 mi
- Livermorium Atom: 12.0 mi
- Lichen Bark: 4.9 mi
- Sachi's Rest Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- Todd Quick Rest Area: 9.0 mi
- Chappell Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Buck Eyw Lane Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva - The Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion: 7.8 mi
- Bhaisajyaguru: The Medicine Buddha: 7.8 mi
- The Barefoot Immortal's footprint: 7.8 mi
- Dhrtarashtra - Guardian of the East: 7.8 mi
- Bodhidharma - The Greatest Zen Master: 7.9 mi
- A Pioneer Memorial: 7.9 mi
- Olivina Winery: 8.9 mi
- Pala Seca Cabin: 9.2 mi
- Olivina Gate: 9.5 mi
- Sunol Water Temple: 10.2 mi
- Alum Rock Science & Nature Center: 8.9 mi
- Washington Township Museum of Local History: 10.8 mi
- The Carnegie Museum: 11.9 mi
- Niles Canyon Railway Brightside Yard: 12.1 mi
- The Duarte Garage & Lincoln Highway Museum: 12.7 mi
- Native Garden: 9.7 mi
- Gardens at Palmdale: 11.0 mi
- Granada Native Garden: 11.9 mi
- Ponderosa Woods: 11.9 mi
- Gray Garden: 12.0 mi
- Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 3.7 mi
- McClure Spring: 8.4 mi
- South Spring: 12.8 mi
- Lone Tree Mineral Spring: 15.9 mi
- Eugene Spring: 19.9 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 4.9 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 5.2 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 12.8 mi
- Niles beach: 16.0 mi
- Murietta Falls: 1.6 mi
- Tehan Falls: 16.3 mi
- Pinto Creek Falls: 23.0 mi
- Drawbridge: 14.1 mi
- Stokes Landing: 23.8 mi
- Russell City: 24.5 mi
- The Bluff: 2.0 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 7.9 mi
- Westley Rest Area: 22.5 mi
- Westley Rest Area: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Rose Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | SSE 155° | 1,327 m | 12.5 mi |
| Observatory Peak | SSE 159° | 1,298 m | 12.6 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | SSE 155° | 1,295 m | 12.6 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | SSE 158° | 1,286 m | 12.6 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | SSE 159° | 1,279 m | 12.5 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | SSE 158° | 1,276 m | 12.6 mi |
| Mount Isabel | SSE 156° | 1,275 m | 14.0 mi |
| Galileo Peak | SSE 156° | 1,273 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:12 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 51 | 55 | 58 | 63 | 69 | 73 | 73 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livermore, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/514015212
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