Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill rises to 310 m in California. Turtle's Beak stands 2,090 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Neil Snipes Park, a park 0.2 miles away. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Beacon Hill, formerly known as Chocolate Drop Mountain, is the tallest summit of a range of granite hills surrounding and running northeastward from Lake Norconian, at the extreme northwest of the Temescal Mountains, in Norco, California. Rex Clark, owner of the Norconian Resort, sought to draw attention to his resort by building a 38-feet tall lighthouse with a powerful revolving light atop the hill. That beacon gave the name to that hill known today as Beacon Hill but once known as Chocolate Drop Mountain, near what is now the town center of Norco.
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Wikidata Q16839434, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 310 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Neil Snipes Park: 0.2 mi
- Community Center Park: 0.3 mi
- Horsemans Park: 0.5 mi
- Clark Field: 0.5 mi
- Wayne Makin Field: 1.0 mi
- River Trails Park: 1.4 mi
- Stone Fort: 3.0 mi
- River Trails: 4.9 mi
- Galleano Winery: 5.3 mi
- Magic Show: 5.8 mi
- World Museum of Natural History: 3.7 mi
- Planes of Fame Air Museum: 5.6 mi
- Storage Area: 5.6 mi
- Entrance: 5.8 mi
- Yanks Air Museum: 5.8 mi
- Healing Grove Memorial: 2.3 mi
- McCarty-Payne Homestead Est. 18xx entrance: 2.9 mi
- Holy Innocents of Present Day Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Darren J. McCleve: 3.5 mi
- Galleano Winery: 5.4 mi
- Water Demonstration Garden: 1.3 mi
- La Sierra farm -upper: 3.6 mi
- La Sierra farm - lower: 3.6 mi
- Garden of Gratitude: 3.7 mi
- Library Mall: 3.7 mi
- Forget-Me-Not Hill: 2.1 mi
- Two-bit: 3.3 mi
- Twin Buttes: 3.8 mi
- Lionshead (Reservoir) Hill: 5.6 mi
- Challen Hill: 5.9 mi
- Horse Tracks: 3.3 mi
- Coyote Tracks: 3.4 mi
- Great Blue Heron Tracks: 3.4 mi
- Cucamonga Creek Watershed: 3.4 mi
- Rabbit Tracks: 3.5 mi
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Area: 3.8 mi
- Hidden Valley Nature Center: 4.0 mi
- The Nature Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Santa Ana River Wildlife Area: 6.6 mi
- Burrowing Owl Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Horsetrough Spring: 9.5 mi
- McDermont Spring: 10.2 mi
- Ladd Canyon Spring: 10.8 mi
- Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 12.5 mi
- Mustang Spring: 13.1 mi
- Site C: 12.4 mi
- Site B: 12.5 mi
- Site A: 12.5 mi
- Coyote Corner Group Area: 14.3 mi
- Deer Den Group Area: 14.5 mi
- Black Star Canyon Falls: 10.9 mi
- Historic Dam: 14.4 mi
- Harding Canyon Falls: 14.5 mi
- Holly Jim Falls: 16.8 mi
- Etiwanda Falls: 17.5 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 12.1 mi
- La Placita: 13.4 mi
- Politana: 17.8 mi
- Terra Cotta: 19.2 mi
- Willard: 21.6 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 0.6 mi
- Rock Climbing: 15.0 mi
- Perris Beach: 21.9 mi
- Moreno Beach: 22.8 mi
- Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Beacon Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turtle's Beak | NNW 346° | 2,090 m | 19.3 mi |
| Greater Calamity Peak | N 354° | 2,068 m | 18.8 mi |
| Calamity Peak | N 354° | 1,768 m | 18.2 mi |
| Santiago Peak | S 174° | 1,734 m | 15.5 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | S 176° | 1,675 m | 14.9 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | SSE 163° | 1,401 m | 16.8 mi |
| Stoddard Peak | NNW 342° | 1,399 m | 19.1 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | SSE 165° | 1,373 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:28 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:16 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 16:08 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 56 | 56 | 59 | 63 | 68 | 73 | 78 | 80 | 77 | 69 | 61 | 55 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chino AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2894900592
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