Panoche Hills
Panoche Hills is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 338 m. San Carlos Peak stands 1,472 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Concrete slab, a historic site 4.4 miles away. 118 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Bureau of Land Management
How to reach it
118 named places within 25 miles
- Cerro Colorado: 5.3 mi
- Panoche Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Ortigalita Peak: 6.6 mi
- Nonada Hill: 8.1 mi
- Walker Peak: 10.0 mi
- Des Park: 22.8 mi
- Oliveira Park: 23.2 mi
- Pierini Park: 23.3 mi
- College Green Park: 23.3 mi
- O'Bannion County Park: 23.4 mi
- Concrete slab: 4.4 mi
- Concrete slab: 5.9 mi
- Concrete slab: 6.3 mi
- Bus: 22.8 mi
- Truck: 22.8 mi
- Carrisalito Spring: 14.9 mi
- Salt Spring: 20.3 mi
- Log Trough Spring: 21.4 mi
- Willow Spring: 22.6 mi
- Moses Spring: 24.3 mi
- The Bluff: 19.5 mi
- Ignorable Cliffs: 24.2 mi
- Discovery Wall: 24.3 mi
- The Upper Crust: 24.4 mi
- Swanson Bluff: 24.6 mi
- Day Use Area: 21.8 mi
- Bear Gulch Day Use Area: 23.8 mi
- Bear Creek Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- Chaparral Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- John "Chuck" Erreca Southbound Rest Area: 11.3 mi
- John "Chuck" Erreca Northbound Rest Area: 11.4 mi
- Dos Amigos Vista Point: 14.4 mi
- New Idria Mercury Mine: 23.0 mi
- New Idria: 23.0 mi
- Milliken Museum: 23.8 mi
- Saddle Association Museum: 24.7 mi
- Griswold Hills Day use area: 10.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Panoche Hills. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Carlos Peak | SSE 153° | 1,472 m | 25.0 mi |
| Sampson Peak | SSE 157° | 1,420 m | 22.8 mi |
| North Hill | SSE 153° | 1,418 m | 24.5 mi |
| Idria Peak | SSE 156° | 1,415 m | 23.8 mi |
| Tucker Mountain | SSE 168° | 1,248 m | 21.2 mi |
| Bucks Peak | S 172° | 1,237 m | 17.9 mi |
| Rock Spring Peak | S 188° | 1,223 m | 17.1 mi |
| Big Mountain | SW 227° | 1,211 m | 12.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:48 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:28 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:11 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 52 | 57 | 62 | 68 | 75 | 80 | 80 | 76 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Banos DET Resv, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12585913149
Day trips start here
- San Benito County · 16 mi
- Pinnacles National Park · 24 mi
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