Jawbone Falls
Jawbone Falls is a waterfall in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,697 m. Michie Peak stands 3,162 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Shingle Spring, a spring 4.8 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 15 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,697 m
How to reach it
- 14.7 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
- 26.1 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 19 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 29 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 29 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Thompson Peak: 5.3 mi
- Hells Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Lookout Point: 6.2 mi
- Bourland Mountain: 7.2 mi
- North Mountain: 8.4 mi
- Shingle Spring: 4.8 mi
- Box Spring: 5.5 mi
- Camp Twentyone Spring: 5.6 mi
- Milk Ranch Spring: 6.1 mi
- Rackerby Jack Spring: 6.2 mi
- West Side Memorial Park: 14.9 mi
- Willow Springs Park: 15.9 mi
- Groveland Sports Complex: 17.7 mi
- Tuolumne State Game Refuge: 18.0 mi
- Mary Laveroni Park: 18.1 mi
- Preston Falls: 9.9 mi
- Tueeulala Falls: 11.3 mi
- Wapama Falls: 11.6 mi
- Rancheria Falls: 14.7 mi
- Carlon Falls: 15.8 mi
- Nature Museum: 10.7 mi
- Interpretive Center: 10.8 mi
- Tuolumne City Memorial Museum: 14.7 mi
- Groveland Museum: 18.1 mi
- Groveland Jail: 18.4 mi
- Beach 2: 12.7 mi
- Beach 1: 12.8 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 12.9 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 16.2 mi
- Dunn Court Beach: 16.4 mi
- Remote Camp: 14.0 mi
- Carlon Day Use Area: 14.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 22.4 mi
- Moccasin Point: 23.5 mi
- Oak Leaf: 24.0 mi
- Heisler #2 Steam Engine: 14.9 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 18.9 mi
- Merced Grove: 19.3 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 24.4 mi
- Jamestown Branch Jail: 24.9 mi
- Strawberry: 13.2 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 14.1 mi
- Springfield Armory/School/Store: 24.0 mi
- Grumman TS-2A Tracker: 24.2 mi
- East Flange Rock: 19.5 mi
- McKays Point: 24.0 mi
- Fireplace Bluffs: 24.7 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 22.1 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 23.8 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 10.7 mi
- Dedication Garden: 14.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Jawbone Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michie Peak | ENE 65° | 3,162 m | 18.9 mi |
| Granite Dome | NE 41° | 3,149 m | 18.8 mi |
| Haystack Peak | ENE 67° | 3,044 m | 17.0 mi |
| Schofield Peak | ENE 70° | 3,025 m | 17.1 mi |
| The Three Chimneys | NNE 29° | 3,012 m | 19.3 mi |
| Richardson Peak | ENE 71° | 3,002 m | 16.1 mi |
| Castle Rock | NNE 24° | 2,936 m | 18.1 mi |
| Cooper Peak | NNE 21° | 2,913 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:47 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 41 | 44 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 9.6 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 8.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cherry Valley DAM, 4 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 31.5 | 26.5 | 18.1 | 42.8 | 123 | 178 | 116 | 28.8 | 24.6 | 16.2 | 12.8 | 28.3 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Cherry C BL Valley Dam NR Hetch Hetchy CA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/2389339976
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 29 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 30 mi
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