Saddleback Mountain
Saddleback Mountain rises to 2,018 m in California. Sierra Buttes stands 2,617 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Alma, a peak 1.2 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Sierra County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49070752, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,018 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Alma: 1.2 mi
- Fir Cap: 1.3 mi
- Plug Point: 1.4 mi
- Democrat Peak: 2.4 mi
- Bunker Hill: 2.6 mi
- Lake Basin Recreation Area: 11.4 mi
- Sierra City Community Center: 13.1 mi
- Sierra City Community Park: 13.3 mi
- Kentucky Mine Historic Park: 13.6 mi
- Middle Fork Feather Wild and Scenic River: 17.0 mi
- Ruby Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Independence Point: 12.3 mi
- Bell Point: 12.3 mi
- Booth Point: 13.8 mi
- Limestone Point: 15.3 mi
- Tin Cup Diggins Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Convict Flat Picnic Site: 9.1 mi
- Loganville Scenic Highway Center Picnic Site: 11.8 mi
- Sand Pond Picnic Site: 13.0 mi
- Jackson Creek Picnic Ground: 17.6 mi
- Downie Chapter 1249: 5.6 mi
- Mammoth Mill: 11.9 mi
- Sierra Buttes Fire Lookout: 11.9 mi
- Sierra County Chinese Laborer Memorial: 13.6 mi
- North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company, California Registered Historical Landmark No. 852: 18.6 mi
- Downieville Museum: 5.6 mi
- Frank C. Reilly Museum: 7.1 mi
- Plumas-Eureka State Park Museum: 12.1 mi
- Kentucky Mine Historic Park and Museum: 13.6 mi
- Plumas County Museum: 21.1 mi
- Fern Falls: 11.8 mi
- Frazier Falls: 12.7 mi
- Hackmans Falls: 13.7 mi
- Loves Falls: 14.2 mi
- Feather Falls: 21.8 mi
- Switchback spring: 13.6 mi
- Upper Derbec Spring: 16.8 mi
- Willow Spring: 16.9 mi
- Derbec Spring: 16.9 mi
- Holden Spring: 17.5 mi
- Missouri Bar: 20.1 mi
- Illinois Bar: 21.7 mi
- Edwards Crossing: 22.1 mi
- Emerald Pool: 22.9 mi
- China Dam: 22.9 mi
- Jamison: 13.7 mi
- North Bloomfield: 18.6 mi
- Massack Rest Area: 19.9 mi
- Alpha - Omega Rest Area: 23.0 mi
- Round Mountain Conservation Easement: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Saddleback Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Buttes | ESE 104° | 2,617 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mount Elwell | ENE 62° | 2,361 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mount Fillmore | N 5° | 2,344 m | 6.5 mi |
| Pilot Peak | N 359° | 2,271 m | 10.1 mi |
| Mount Washington | NE 53° | 2,236 m | 10.1 mi |
| Blue Nose Mountain | NNE 16° | 2,217 m | 9.9 mi |
| Gibraltar | NE 41° | 2,210 m | 7.0 mi |
| Eureka Peak | NE 45° | 2,183 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:55 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:00 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 45 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 65 | 55 | 44 | 38 |
| Precip in | 11.3 | 10.7 | 10.0 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 6.8 | 11.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Downieville, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358799522
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- Sierra County · 20 mi
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