Soapstone Hill
Soapstone Hill rises to 799 m in California. Blue Mountain stands 1,835 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Mercer Caverns, a attraction 1.6 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 9.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49075355, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 799 m
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Liberty Vista Point · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- High Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Wally Hill: 3.2 mi
- Red Hill: 3.9 mi
- Bald Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Bald Hill: 4.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
- Murphys Park: 2.1 mi
- Murphys State Historic Landmark: 2.1 mi
- Feeney Park: 2.7 mi
- Murphys Skate Park: 2.8 mi
- Lord Spring: 7.0 mi
- Vine Spring: 7.1 mi
- Gold Spring: 8.0 mi
- Gooseberry Spring: 11.3 mi
- Turners Spring: 13.1 mi
- Angels Camp Museum: 4.9 mi
- Columbia Museum: 9.0 mi
- Calaveras County Historical Museum: 10.5 mi
- Sierra Nevada Logging Museum: 12.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial Military Museum: 12.3 mi
- Murphys: 2.2 mi
- Vallecito Western Mine: 3.1 mi
- Mark Twain Monument: 5.0 mi
- Grumman TS-2A Tracker: 8.8 mi
- Springfield Armory/School/Store: 9.4 mi
- Mercer Caverns: 1.6 mi
- Murphys Pokey: 2.1 mi
- California Caverns: 4.5 mi
- Moaning Caverns Adventure Park: 5.1 mi
- Jamestown Branch Jail: 13.4 mi
- Heron Point Day Use: 10.4 mi
- Lupine Day Use Area: 10.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 12.4 mi
- Oak Leaf: 15.3 mi
- Moccasin Point: 23.2 mi
- Carson Hill: 7.6 mi
- French Flat: 11.6 mi
- Middle Bar: 17.4 mi
- Chinese Camp: 18.9 mi
- National Recreation Area: 10.3 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 15.5 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 16.0 mi
- Red Hills: 19.6 mi
- McKays Point: 13.4 mi
- The Grotto: 14.8 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 16.2 mi
- Negro Jack Point: 17.6 mi
- Natural Bridge: 5.9 mi
- F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 9.6 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Soapstone Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain | NNE 28° | 1,835 m | 16.0 mi |
| Repeater Hill | ENE 63° | 1,672 m | 17.3 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NNE 23° | 1,566 m | 17.8 mi |
| Elizabeth Peak | ESE 110° | 1,486 m | 14.8 mi |
| Mount Knight | E 82° | 1,458 m | 14.4 mi |
| Manuel Peak | NE 40° | 1,354 m | 9.6 mi |
| Cougar Rock | NE 43° | 1,298 m | 8.9 mi |
| Doud Hill | ENE 60° | 1,264 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:05 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 54 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 81 | 80 | 76 | 66 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 5.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Melones DAM HQ, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358776198
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