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Saddleback Mountain

Saddleback Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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
2018 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.63660, -120.86415

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 18
  • 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
Cliffs: 15
Picnic sites: 12
Historic sites: 8
  • 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
Museums: 7
Waterfalls: 6
  • 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
Springs: 6
  • 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
Attractions: 6
  • 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
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Nature reserves: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sierra ButtesESE 104°2,617 m11.9 mi
Mount ElwellENE 62°2,361 m10.5 mi
Mount FillmoreN 5°2,344 m6.5 mi
Pilot PeakN 359°2,271 m10.1 mi
Mount WashingtonNE 53°2,236 m10.1 mi
Blue Nose MountainNNE 16°2,217 m9.9 mi
GibraltarNE 41°2,210 m7.0 mi
Eureka PeakNE 45°2,183 m10.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:16
June solstice05:3719:5520:35
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:2216:0016:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394245505764706965554438
Precip in11.310.710.05.33.61.10.10.20.73.36.811.8

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358799522

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