Iowa Hill Fire
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Iowa Hill Fire is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 862 m. Helester Point stands 1,479 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Wells Fargo vault, a historic site 0.1 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- First Sugarloaf: 0.5 mi
- Second Sugarloaf: 0.8 mi
- Red Hill: 1.4 mi
- Indian Knoll: 1.9 mi
- Kings Hill: 2.0 mi
- Peoples Park: 0.3 mi
- Leroy E Botts Memorial Park: 6.2 mi
- Lodestar Park: 10.4 mi
- Park No 3: 11.5 mi
- Park No 2: 11.5 mi
- Wells Fargo vault: 0.1 mi
- Iowa Hill: 0.1 mi
- Stevens Trail: 0.1 mi
- Chinese Railroad Workers: 5.1 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 5.1 mi
- Windy Point: 3.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 5.5 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 7.5 mi
- Red Point: 9.0 mi
- Long Point: 11.1 mi
- Heritage Museum: 5.0 mi
- Foresthill Divide Museum: 6.3 mi
- Nevada County Narrow Guage Railroad Museum: 13.0 mi
- North Star Museum: 13.2 mi
- Nevada County Historical Society History Center: 13.3 mi
- Towle Conservation Easement: 6.5 mi
- Auburn State Recreation Area: 6.9 mi
- Adam Ryan Wildlife Preserve: 9.9 mi
- Auburn State Recreation Area: 11.3 mi
- Woodpecker Wildlife Preserve / Geri Bergen Memorial Forest: 11.8 mi
- Government Spring: 14.1 mi
- Dad Youngs Spring: 15.0 mi
- Dawson Spring: 15.9 mi
- Oven Spring: 17.9 mi
- Derbec Spring: 19.7 mi
- cave: 3.6 mi
- Bourn Cottage: 12.3 mi
- Missouri Bar: 16.6 mi
- Illinois Bar: 16.6 mi
- Edwards Crossing: 16.8 mi
- Ralston Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- White Cloud Picnic Site: 14.7 mi
- Overlook Point Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Humbug Creek Picknic: 16.5 mi
- Lodgepole: 19.5 mi
- Dog Beach: 10.8 mi
- Hoyt Crossing Nude Beach: 18.0 mi
- Tamaroo Bar: 18.0 mi
- Oregon Bar: 19.8 mi
- Pine Island Beach: 20.8 mi
- Dutch Flat Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- Prayer Garden: 7.9 mi
- Bourn Gardens: 12.3 mi
- Nisenan Garden: 14.0 mi
- Red Dog: 7.9 mi
- Deadwood: 9.4 mi
- North Bloomfield: 18.2 mi
- Ophir: 20.5 mi
- Codfish Falls: 9.1 mi
- Hidden Falls: 19.6 mi
- Rock Creek: 22.0 mi
- East Snow Mountain Falls: 24.0 mi
- Gold Run Westbound Rest Area: 5.0 mi
- Gold Run Eastbound Rest Area: 5.1 mi
- Alpha - Omega Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Giant Indian Statues: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Iowa Hill Fire. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helester Point | NE 50° | 1,479 m | 11.6 mi |
| Remington Hill | NNE 19° | 1,477 m | 14.0 mi |
| Negro Jack Hill | NNE 22° | 1,401 m | 11.9 mi |
| McGuire Mountain | NNE 19° | 1,352 m | 10.7 mi |
| Spaulding Point | NNE 21° | 1,333 m | 8.8 mi |
| Sugarloaf | NE 51° | 1,278 m | 7.2 mi |
| Tanners Point | ESE 113° | 1,256 m | 13.0 mi |
| Cottage Home Hill | E 101° | 1,246 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:53 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:03 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 47 | 50 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 76 | 72 | 62 | 51 | 45 |
| Precip in | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 5.1 | 8.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Colfax, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/2020521802
Day trips start here
- Colfax · 5 mi
- Placer County · 8 mi
- Grass Valley · 13 mi
- Auburn · 19 mi
- Coloma · 21 mi
- Placerville · 26 mi
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