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Tip Top Peak

Tip Top Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Tip Top Peak rises to 1,018 m in California. Duckwall Mountain stands 1,775 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Groveland Jail, a museum 1.8 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 21 miles off.

The story

Mountain in California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49083990, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,018 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.82937, -120.26269

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 49
Springs: 27
  • Alder Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Walton Cabin Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Freeze-Out Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Indian Spring: 11.3 mi
  • McNulty Spring: 12.7 mi
Historic sites: 13
Museums: 11
Ghost towns: 7
Picnic sites: 6
  • Moccasin Point: 4.1 mi
  • Remote Camp: 7.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 12.6 mi
  • Lupine Day Use Area: 17.1 mi
  • Heron Point Day Use: 17.6 mi
Attractions: 6
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 4
Beaches: 3
  • Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Dunn Court Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Lake Lodge Beach: 4.2 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Red Hills: 10.6 mi
  • National Recreation Area: 16.9 mi
Gardens: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 19.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Tip Top Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Duckwall MountainNE1,775 m12.4 mi
Marble MountainNNE1,665 m15.4 mi
Mount LewisNNE1,661 m15.3 mi
Thompson PeakNE1,607 m15.8 mi
Elizabeth PeakN1,486 m16.2 mi
Mount ProvoNNE1,479 m13.0 mi
Murphy PeakNNE1,365 m12.0 mi
Joes PointENE1,281 m17.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3919:13
June solstice05:4019:4820:27
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:1416:0516:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424448515967747367584841
Precip in7.26.96.33.02.20.40.00.10.32.13.56.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groveland 2, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 236391 — Tip Top Peak, Tuolumne County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358777384

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