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Sugarloaf

Sugarloaf, seen from above at true elevation

Sugarloaf rises to 102 m in California. Mount Zion stands 899 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Buena Vista Peaks, a peak 3.4 miles away. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in Calaveras County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49079188, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
102 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.22158, -120.92938

Named places within 25 miles

Museums: 16
Historic sites: 10
  • Iron Ivan: 9.1 mi
  • Flume Tressel Piers: 12.9 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 1: 12.9 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 2: 12.9 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 3: 12.9 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Kennedy Gold Mine: 12.9 mi
  • Sutter Gold Mine: 14.5 mi
  • Historic Joseph H. Thomas House: 14.8 mi
  • The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown: 15.6 mi
  • Omega Cellars: 15.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • A Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
  • C Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
  • B Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
  • Mallard Group Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • Spanish Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Gooseberry Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Hicks Spring: 21.7 mi
  • Turners Spring: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Gardens: 3
  • F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 14.4 mi
  • Rose Garden: 21.1 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 21.1 mi
Beaches: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sugarloaf. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ZionNE 52°899 m19.0 mi
Bear MountainSE 127°879 m23.4 mi
Joaquin PeakESE 113°854 m14.1 mi
Quiggs MountainE 88°843 m17.1 mi
Soapstone HillESE 104°799 m23.9 mi
Carmen PeakSE 128°786 m18.5 mi
High MountainE 99°748 m23.0 mi
Clinton PeakNE 51°733 m17.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:16
June solstice05:4119:5220:31
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:1816:0616:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485155596673797875665548
Precip in4.03.83.62.11.30.30.00.00.21.12.24.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camp Pardee, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 235645 — Sugarloaf, Calaveras County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358776716

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