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Santa Cruz Mountain

Santa Cruz Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates37.45688, -120.20379

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Springs: 11
  • 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
Museums: 9
Historic sites: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Gardens: 3
Artworks: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Chowchilla Recreation Area: 20.1 mi
  • Indian Flat Day Use: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Highway Patrol Weigh Station: 21.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Santa Cruz Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sweetwater PointENE 66°1,406 m19.1 mi
Buckingham MountainENE 76°1,367 m19.5 mi
Bullion KnobENE 61°1,297 m10.9 mi
Fremont PeakNE 45°1,277 m9.9 mi
Bullion MountainNE 45°1,272 m9.9 mi
Feliciana MountainENE 59°1,250 m18.2 mi
Buckhorn PeakNNE 17°1,147 m15.0 mi
Telegraph HillNE 43°1,041 m13.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3919:13
June solstice05:4119:4720:26
September equinox06:4918:2518:59
December solstice07:1216:0616:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465054596773787773645346
Precip in2.72.21.91.00.60.10.00.00.10.71.22.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Merced, 21 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358774705

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