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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
1018 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.82937, -120.26269

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 52
Springs: 28
  • 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 17.2 miles of Tip Top Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Duckwall MountainNE 39°1,775 m12.4 mi
Marble MountainNNE 28°1,665 m15.4 mi
Mount LewisNNE 21°1,661 m15.3 mi
Thompson PeakNE 42°1,607 m15.8 mi
Elizabeth PeakN 3°1,486 m16.2 mi
Mount ProvoNNE 14°1,479 m13.0 mi
Murphy PeakNNE 27°1,365 m12.0 mi
Joes PointENE 77°1,281 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 5080 °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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