Santa Cruz Mountain
Santa Cruz Mountain rises to 438 m in California. Sweetwater Point stands 1,406 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Sheepcamp Spring, a spring 0.4 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 29 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49071374, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 438 m
How to reach it
- 28.5 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Quartz Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Indian Peak: 1.7 mi
- Three Buttes: 3.0 mi
- Shultz Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Wildcat Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Hornitos Park: 3.6 mi
- Catheys Valley Park: 6.6 mi
- Lake McSwain Recreational Area: 6.8 mi
- McClure Point Recreation Area: 11.1 mi
- Bagby Recreation Area: 11.4 mi
- Sheepcamp Spring: 0.4 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 3.7 mi
- Barrel Spring: 7.3 mi
- Apple Tree Spring: 9.3 mi
- Fremont Spring: 10.2 mi
- Mariposa Museum and History Center: 12.9 mi
- Ag Museum: 13.8 mi
- California State Mining and Mineral Museum: 14.0 mi
- Agricultural Museum Of Merced County: 15.7 mi
- The Northern Mariposa Country History Center: 17.5 mi
- Fremont’s Fort: 10.1 mi
- September 11, 2001 Memorial: 13.2 mi
- Carol Tomlinson-Keasey Memorial Quad: 13.6 mi
- Tuolumne Gold Dredge: 19.3 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 20.6 mi
- Mount Ophir: 8.6 mi
- Agua Fria: 10.2 mi
- Cat Town: 14.4 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 15.2 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 10.9 mi
- Merced County Preserve: 13.2 mi
- Merced Grasslands: 13.6 mi
- Beginnings: 13.6 mi
- Bobcat: 13.7 mi
- Big Rufus: 13.9 mi
- Gardening Club Orchard: 13.1 mi
- Gardening Club: 13.9 mi
- Chowchilla Recreation Area: 20.1 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 24.1 mi
- Highway Patrol Weigh Station: 21.2 mi
- Diana Falls: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Santa Cruz Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweetwater Point | ENE 66° | 1,406 m | 19.1 mi |
| Buckingham Mountain | ENE 76° | 1,367 m | 19.5 mi |
| Bullion Knob | ENE 61° | 1,297 m | 10.9 mi |
| Fremont Peak | NE 45° | 1,277 m | 9.9 mi |
| Bullion Mountain | NE 45° | 1,272 m | 9.9 mi |
| Feliciana Mountain | ENE 59° | 1,250 m | 18.2 mi |
| Buckhorn Peak | NNE 17° | 1,147 m | 15.0 mi |
| Monotti Hill | NNE 16° | 1,056 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:47 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:06 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 50 | 54 | 59 | 67 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 73 | 64 | 53 | 46 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Merced, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358774705
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