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Telegraph Hill

Telegraph Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Telegraph Hill rises to 1,128 m in California. Duckwall Mountain stands 1,775 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tuolumne County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49081774, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1128 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.03131, -120.35130

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 47
  • Carkeet Community Park: 2.0 mi
  • Columbia State Historic Park: 2.6 mi
  • Columbia State Historic Park: 2.7 mi
  • Columbia Historic District: 2.7 mi
  • Columbia State Historic Park: 2.8 mi
Springs: 33
  • Gold Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Lord Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Vine Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Ruby Hill Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Alder Spring: 9.9 mi
Museums: 12
Historic sites: 11
Attractions: 9
Picnic sites: 6
  • Veterans Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Lupine Day Use Area: 9.2 mi
  • Heron Point Day Use: 9.5 mi
  • Moccasin Point: 14.1 mi
  • Oak Leaf: 16.6 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Dunn Court Beach: 14.7 mi
  • Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 15.0 mi
  • Lake Lodge Beach: 15.3 mi
  • Beach 1: 22.5 mi
  • Beach 2: 22.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
Nature reserves: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Gardens: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 7.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Scoutmaster Grotto: 18.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Telegraph Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Duckwall MountainESE 109°1,775 m13.3 mi
Bald MountainENE 61°1,771 m16.4 mi
Repeater HillNNE 25°1,672 m16.9 mi
Marble MountainE 92°1,665 m12.1 mi
Crandall PeakNE 52°1,664 m14.3 mi
Mount LewisE 88°1,661 m10.3 mi
Thompson PeakE 98°1,607 m15.5 mi
Elizabeth PeakENE 69°1,486 m6.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:4019:4920:28
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:1516:0516:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444650536168757469605044
Precip in6.35.55.43.01.50.30.00.10.21.63.25.5

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358800315

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