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World's First Long-Distance Telephone Line

World's First Long-Distance Telephone Line from directly overhead

World's First Long-Distance Telephone Line is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 458 m. Columbia Hill stands 1,191 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Bridgeport Covered Bridge, a attraction 2.0 miles away.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.30675, -121.16290

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Red Bluff: 2.8 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Dixon Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Piper Hill: 4.4 mi
  • George Washington Hill: 5.3 mi
Parks: 55
  • Meadow Park: 4.8 mi
  • Forest Circle Park: 5.1 mi
  • North San Juan Park: 5.2 mi
  • Lake Wildwood Community Center: 5.2 mi
  • Commodore Park: 5.4 mi
Historic sites: 21
Cliffs: 11
Attractions: 9
Museums: 7
Springs: 6
  • Oven Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Jackies Orchard Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Holden Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Willow Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Derbec Spring: 16.2 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Collins Lake Group Picnic Area #1: 8.8 mi
  • Overlook Point Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
  • Humbug Creek Picknic: 12.5 mi
  • White Cloud Picnic Site: 17.0 mi
  • Convict Flat Picnic Site: 18.7 mi
Beaches: 4
Gardens: 4
  • Nisenan Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Bourn Gardens: 9.1 mi
  • Dutch Flat Community Garden: 18.7 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Hidden Falls: 23.5 mi
  • Feather Falls: 24.0 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 24.1 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Eagle: 18.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of World's First Long-Distance Telephone Line. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Columbia HillENE 61°1,191 m12.0 mi
Columbia HillENE 61°1,190 m12.0 mi
Banner MountainESE 112°1,188 m11.4 mi
Pike County PeakN 349°1,095 m11.8 mi
Oregon PeakN 353°1,047 m5.7 mi
Round MountainE 86°1,004 m8.6 mi
Fountain House HillNNW 345°982 m7.4 mi
Sugarloaf PeakENE 62°967 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4219:17
June solstice05:3919:5520:35
September equinox06:5318:2819:03
December solstice07:2216:0316:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454751546169757570615145
Precip in7.77.27.83.22.40.70.00.10.42.65.38.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dobbins 1 S, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/8047888229

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