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Iowa Hill Fire

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Iowa Hill Fire from directly overhead

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

Coordinates39.10639, -120.86055

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • 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
Parks: 57
  • 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
Historic sites: 24
Cliffs: 20
Museums: 14
Springs: 10
  • 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
Attractions: 9
  • cave: 3.6 mi
  • Bourn Cottage: 12.3 mi
  • Missouri Bar: 16.6 mi
  • Illinois Bar: 16.6 mi
  • Edwards Crossing: 16.8 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • 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
Beaches: 6
  • 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
Gardens: 4
  • Dutch Flat Community Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Bourn Gardens: 12.3 mi
  • Nisenan Garden: 14.0 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 4
Artworks: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Helester PointNE 50°1,479 m11.6 mi
Remington HillNNE 19°1,477 m14.0 mi
Negro Jack HillNNE 22°1,401 m11.9 mi
McGuire MountainNNE 19°1,352 m10.7 mi
Spaulding PointNNE 21°1,333 m8.8 mi
SugarloafNE 51°1,278 m7.2 mi
Tanners PointESE 113°1,256 m13.0 mi
Cottage Home HillE 101°1,246 m3.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:16
June solstice05:3819:5320:34
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:2016:0316:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464750546270777672625145
Precip in7.88.07.23.62.30.70.00.10.42.15.18.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Colfax, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2020521802

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