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Round Mountain

Round Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Round Mountain rises to 939 m in California. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the northwest, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Brush Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away.

The story

Mountain in Santa Clara County, California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49069765, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
939 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.28938, -121.54911

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Henry Willard Coe State Park: 6.9 mi
  • Hidden forest park: 10.6 mi
  • Heritage Greens Park: 10.8 mi
  • Metcalf Motorcycle County Park: 10.8 mi
  • Field Sports Park: 11.0 mi
Attractions
  • Frog pond: 8.6 mi
  • Community & Cultural Center: 12.5 mi
  • Little Dipper: 14.8 mi
  • Lazy River: 14.8 mi
  • Shotgun Falls: 14.8 mi
Picnic sites: 60
  • Woodchopper's Flat Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
  • Stockman's Group Picnic SIte: 9.7 mi
  • Walnut Rest Area: 10.5 mi
  • Eucalyptus Rest Area: 10.6 mi
  • Pala Seca Cabin: 10.8 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 57
  • Reverend Hamilton: 6.3 mi
  • Fred W. “Bill” Gehri Bridge: 6.4 mi
  • Henry Coe Monument: 6.8 mi
  • Pala Seca Cabin: 10.8 mi
  • Memorial for Ann Sobrato: 11.1 mi
Springs: 31
Museums: 30
Gardens: 29
Waterfalls: 12
  • Pinto Creek Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Robison Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Pacheco Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Murietta Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 19.4 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Beaches: 2
  • Del Valle West Beach: 21.4 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 22.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • The Bluff: 18.9 mi
Rest areas: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Round Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakNW1,327 m6.0 mi
Observatory PeakNW1,298 m6.3 mi
Hipparchus PeakNW1,295 m5.8 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakNW1,286 m6.1 mi
Mount HamiltonNW1,279 m6.3 mi
Huyghens PeakNW1,276 m6.2 mi
Mount IsabelWNW1,275 m4.7 mi
Galileo PeakNW1,273 m6.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4419:18
June solstice05:4719:5220:31
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:1716:1216:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444345485564727267594943
Precip in5.04.84.42.21.30.30.00.10.21.33.04.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Hamilton, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 231959 — Round Mountain, Santa Clara County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358773877

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