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Sugarloaf Peak

Sugarloaf Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Sugarloaf Peak rises to 323 m in California. Big Mountain stands 1,395 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock Monument, a park 1.5 miles away.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49079683, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
323 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.44547, -120.88244

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Museums: 24
  • Amador Whitney Museum: 3.7 mi
  • Monteverde Store Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Knight Foundry: 5.7 mi
  • Preston Castle: 6.5 mi
  • Change House Museum and Gift Shop: 7.7 mi
Historic sites: 24
  • Keystone Mine: 3.7 mi
  • Iron Ivan: 6.9 mi
  • Massa Tunnel: 8.0 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 1: 8.0 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 2: 8.0 mi
Attractions: 9
  • The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown: 1.7 mi
  • Historic Joseph H. Thomas House: 3.6 mi
  • Sutter Gold Mine: 4.5 mi
  • Kennedy Gold Mine: 7.7 mi
  • Black Chasm Cavern: 13.9 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Beaches: 5
  • Mokelumne Beach: 19.7 mi
  • Horse Shoe Hill Shore: 22.2 mi
  • Moot Rock Beach: 22.3 mi
  • Laurel Beach: 22.5 mi
  • Pit Stop Beach: 24.7 mi
Springs: 4
  • Spanish Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Marble Springs: 17.8 mi
  • Canzatti Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Liddicoat Spring: 19.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • A Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
  • B Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
  • C Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Pecker Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Leete Falls: 22.7 mi
  • Rock Creek: 24.9 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Sherwood Demonstration Garden: 19.4 mi
  • F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 21.2 mi
  • Pheonix Community Garden: 23.3 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Cliffs: 1
Artworks: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Sugarloaf Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big MountainENE 66°1,395 m22.3 mi
Mount CrossmanE 86°1,184 m19.0 mi
Round MountainENE 66°1,063 m15.7 mi
Little MountainENE 61°1,029 m21.0 mi
Cement HillENE 61°1,018 m16.6 mi
Fort MountainESE 108°999 m23.2 mi
Mount ZionESE 107°899 m13.1 mi
Quiggs MountainSE 136°843 m20.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:16
June solstice05:4119:5220:32
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:1816:0516:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475052566371787773655447
Precip in6.15.74.92.81.70.40.00.00.21.73.15.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sutter Hill CDF, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358776775

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