Williams Peak
Williams Peak rises to 942 m in California. Pilot Peak stands 1,826 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Morning Star Spring, a spring 0.5 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 21 miles off.
The story
mountain in California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49090179, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 942 m
How to reach it
- 20.6 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hunter Valley Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Virginia Point: 5.0 mi
- Bullion Hill: 5.0 mi
- Buckhorn Peak: 5.1 mi
- Fremont Peak: 5.9 mi
- Bagby Recreation Area: 2.5 mi
- Hunters Valley Point Recreation Area: 5.4 mi
- McClure Point Recreation Area: 5.7 mi
- Barrett Cove Recreation Area: 6.9 mi
- Horseshoe Bend Recreation Area: 7.5 mi
- Morning Star Spring: 0.5 mi
- Fremont Spring: 6.0 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 9.4 mi
- Sheepcamp Spring: 9.7 mi
- Barrel Spring: 10.1 mi
- Fremont’s Fort: 2.7 mi
- September 11, 2001 Memorial: 13.9 mi
- Tuolumne Gold Dredge: 16.9 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 17.0 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 19.3 mi
- The Northern Mariposa Country History Center: 7.8 mi
- Mariposa Museum and History Center: 13.4 mi
- California State Mining and Mineral Museum: 15.4 mi
- Groveland Jail: 16.8 mi
- Groveland Museum: 16.9 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 18.4 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 20.1 mi
- Merced Grasslands: 20.5 mi
- Merced County Preserve: 20.6 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 20.9 mi
- Cat Town: 5.4 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 6.2 mi
- Mount Ophir: 8.3 mi
- Agua Fria: 11.5 mi
- Chinese Camp: 23.5 mi
- Diana Falls: 12.0 mi
- Carlon Falls: 22.8 mi
- Little Nellie Falls: 22.8 mi
- Chinquapin Falls: 23.2 mi
- Foresta Falls: 23.4 mi
- Remote Camp: 17.2 mi
- Moccasin Point: 18.1 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 18.3 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- Carlon Day Use Area: 22.5 mi
- Dedication Garden: 17.0 mi
- Gardening Club Orchard: 20.8 mi
- Gardening Club: 21.5 mi
- Gardening Club: 21.5 mi
- Merced Grove: 20.9 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 21.7 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 21.7 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 23.1 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 17.3 mi
- Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 17.3 mi
- Dunn Court Beach: 17.6 mi
- Beginnings: 21.3 mi
- Bobcat: 21.4 mi
- Big Rufus: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Williams Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Peak | NE 49° | 1,826 m | 17.1 mi |
| Sweetwater Point | E 98° | 1,406 m | 15.8 mi |
| Little Grizzly Mountain | ENE 61° | 1,323 m | 15.9 mi |
| Bullion Knob | ESE 120° | 1,297 m | 9.0 mi |
| Fremont Peak | ESE 118° | 1,277 m | 5.9 mi |
| Bullion Mountain | ESE 119° | 1,272 m | 5.9 mi |
| Feliciana Mountain | E 92° | 1,250 m | 13.8 mi |
| Smith Peak | NNE 16° | 1,175 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:47 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:05 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 44 | 48 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 6.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groveland 2, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 237850 — Williams Peak, Mariposa County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358778967
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