Smith Peak
Smith Peak rises to 1,175 m in California. Pilot Peak stands 1,826 m to the east-southeast, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Hobron Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Mariposa County, California, United States.
Wikidata Q49074835, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,175 m
How to reach it
- 12.2 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hobron Hill: 0.8 mi
- Shingle Hill: 3.8 mi
- Dudley Hill: 3.8 mi
- Frank Harris Point: 4.3 mi
- Monotti Hill: 4.8 mi
- Walton Cabin Spring: 5.3 mi
- Indian Spring: 7.9 mi
- Pilot Peak Spring: 9.8 mi
- Rackerby Jack Spring: 9.9 mi
- Alder Spring: 12.0 mi
- Greeley Hill County Park: 3.2 mi
- Red Cloud: 3.8 mi
- Mary Laveroni Park: 7.4 mi
- Groveland Sports Complex: 7.7 mi
- Coulterville Park: 8.1 mi
- Diana Falls: 5.0 mi
- Preston Falls: 13.3 mi
- Carlon Falls: 14.0 mi
- Jawbone Falls: 15.9 mi
- Little Nellie Falls: 18.2 mi
- Groveland Museum: 7.4 mi
- Groveland Jail: 7.6 mi
- The Northern Mariposa Country History Center: 8.2 mi
- Tuolumne City Memorial Museum: 13.3 mi
- Nature Museum: 14.5 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 3.3 mi
- Fremont’s Fort: 14.8 mi
- Mark Twain Bret Harte Trail - Chinese Camp: 18.7 mi
- Old Crimea House: 20.7 mi
- Springfield Armory/School/Store: 22.9 mi
- Heisler #2 Steam Engine: 13.4 mi
- Merced Grove: 14.7 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 16.2 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 19.2 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 19.2 mi
- Remote Camp: 3.5 mi
- Carlon Day Use Area: 13.0 mi
- Moccasin Point: 13.1 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 16.9 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Cat Town: 10.8 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 11.2 mi
- Chinese Camp: 18.8 mi
- Mount Ophir: 19.9 mi
- Agua Fria: 22.3 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 6.0 mi
- Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 6.5 mi
- Dunn Court Beach: 6.6 mi
- The Grotto: 21.6 mi
- Fireplace Bluffs: 23.1 mi
- Rockslides: 24.5 mi
- Dedication Garden: 3.3 mi
- Red Hills: 19.7 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Smith Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Peak | ESE 106° | 1,826 m | 9.4 mi |
| Duckwall Mountain | N 355° | 1,775 m | 11.7 mi |
| North Mountain | ENE 58° | 1,747 m | 13.1 mi |
| Marble Mountain | N 354° | 1,665 m | 15.6 mi |
| Mount Lewis | NNW 348° | 1,661 m | 16.6 mi |
| Bear Mountain | ENE 72° | 1,617 m | 12.1 mi |
| Thompson Peak | N 7° | 1,607 m | 13.8 mi |
| Ascension Mountain | ENE 77° | 1,604 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:47 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:04 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 44 | 48 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 6.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groveland 2, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 266332 — Smith Peak, Tuolumne County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358799720
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- Sierra Nevada · 29 mi
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