Round Mountain
Round Mountain rises to 1,156 m in California. San Benito Mountain stands 1,597 m to the north, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Peaks, a peak 1.6 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Monterey County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49069754, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,156 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Twin Peaks: 1.6 mi
- Bald Peak: 3.3 mi
- Center Peak: 3.4 mi
- Goat Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Williams Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Aqua Buena Spring: 8.6 mi
- Dick Wright Spring: 9.1 mi
- Splitrock Spring: 9.9 mi
- Live Oak Spring: 10.0 mi
- McMillan Spring: 10.2 mi
- Los Gatos Creek County Park: 5.4 mi
- Coalinga Mineral Springs County Park: 8.9 mi
- William Keck Memorial Park: 18.0 mi
- Coalinga Memorial Bowl: 18.1 mi
- Falcon Baseball Field: 18.3 mi
- Car: 10.8 mi
- Outhouse: 11.4 mi
- Vehicle: 12.1 mi
- Exploratory Mine Shaft: 12.3 mi
- Bus: 12.6 mi
- San Benito Wilderness Study Area: 9.9 mi
- Griswold Hills Day use area: 24.4 mi
- New Idria Mercury Mine: 12.6 mi
- New Idria: 12.6 mi
- Laguna falls: 11.4 mi
- R C Baker Memorial Museum: 18.4 mi
- The Bluff: 20.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Round Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Benito Mountain | N 9° | 1,597 m | 9.4 mi |
| Santa Rita Peak | NNE 26° | 1,560 m | 8.6 mi |
| Condon Peak | NNE 27° | 1,514 m | 6.4 mi |
| San Carlos Peak | N 4° | 1,472 m | 10.8 mi |
| Alta Peak | N 3° | 1,428 m | 8.6 mi |
| Sampson Peak | N 351° | 1,420 m | 12.1 mi |
| North Hill | N 3° | 1,418 m | 11.2 mi |
| Idria Peak | N 355° | 1,415 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:46 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:12 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 47 | 49 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 73 | 74 | 69 | 59 | 49 | 44 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Priest Valley, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358808637
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- King City · 25 mi
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