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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

Peaks
Parks
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: 3
  • A Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
  • B Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
  • C Picnic Area: 13.9 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 23.3 miles of Sugarloaf Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big MountainENE1,395 m22.3 mi
Mount CrossmanE1,184 m19.0 mi
Round MountainENE1,063 m15.7 mi
Little MountainENE1,029 m21.0 mi
Cement HillENE1,018 m16.6 mi
Fort MountainESE999 m23.2 mi
Mount ZionESE899 m13.1 mi
Quiggs MountainSE843 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 50–80 °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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