Shovel Grave
Shovel Grave rises to 2,036 m in California. Round Top stands 3,164 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Calaveras Dome, a cliff 1.5 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 5.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49073542, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2036 m
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Liberty Vista Point · 6 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Garnet Hill: 2.9 mi
- Flagpole Point: 5.1 mi
- Mokelumne Peak: 6.8 mi
- Peddler Hill: 7.4 mi
- Bear Top: 7.9 mi
- Hermit Spring: 4.6 mi
- Ham Spring: 5.1 mi
- Poison Spring: 6.2 mi
- Mud Spring: 7.0 mi
- Black Spring: 7.4 mi
- Salt Springs State Game Refuge: 6.0 mi
- Wester Park: 9.5 mi
- White Pines Park: 16.8 mi
- Old Emigrant Trail Historical Marker: 17.6 mi
- Tuolumne State Game Refuge: 17.6 mi
- Calaveras Dome: 1.5 mi
- Bloods Point: 8.0 mi
- Machado Postpile: 13.0 mi
- McKays Point: 17.3 mi
- Sugar Bun: 20.9 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 10.5 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 11.2 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Oak Leaf: 15.6 mi
- Iron Mountain Ski Resort: 10.2 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 18.5 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 18.5 mi
- Strawberry: 22.2 mi
- Old Jail: 24.7 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park Visitor Center: 15.3 mi
- Sierra Nevada Logging Museum: 16.9 mi
- Nature Center and Observatory: 18.5 mi
- Chaw'se Regional Indian Museum: 24.3 mi
- Amador County Model Railroad Museum: 24.8 mi
- Campfire Center: 15.3 mi
- Big Stump: 15.3 mi
- Leoni House: 18.9 mi
- Black Chasm Cavern: 23.4 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 23.7 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 15.6 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 16.5 mi
- Carson-Iceberg Wilderness: 22.8 mi
- Grover Hot Springs State Park: 24.4 mi
- Linder Grove: 24.5 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 22.9 mi
- Beach 1: 23.0 mi
- Beach 2: 23.1 mi
- Peep Sight: 18.6 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 24.3 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Shovel Grave. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Top | NE 41° | 3,164 m | 16.4 mi |
| The Sisters | NE 40° | 3,094 m | 16.2 mi |
| Thimble Peak | NNE 31° | 2,988 m | 14.5 mi |
| Deadwood Peak | NE 48° | 2,987 m | 15.0 mi |
| Melissa Coray Peak | NE 36° | 2,977 m | 14.5 mi |
| Peep Sight Peak | E 87° | 2,950 m | 18.8 mi |
| Little Round Top | NNE 24° | 2,924 m | 19.5 mi |
| Elephants Back | NE 41° | 2,920 m | 17.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:02 | 16:44 |
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 | 38 | 38 | 40 | 45 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 10.6 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 9.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Calaveras BIG Trees, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 266145 — Shovel Grave, Calaveras County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358799639
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