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Big Hill

Big Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Big Hill rises to 1,145 m in California. Lexington Hill stands 1,757 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Barton Hill, a peak 2.1 miles away.

The story

mountain in Yuba County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q35727131, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1145 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.52406, -121.14913

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Barton Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Pittsburgh Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Mount Hope: 3.0 mi
  • Pike County Peak: 4.5 mi
  • Youngs Hill: 5.7 mi
Parks: 49
Waterfalls: 21
Museums: 13
Historic sites: 11
  • World's First Long-Distance Telephone Line: 15.0 mi
  • North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company, California Registered Historical Landmark No. 852: 16.5 mi
  • Downie Chapter 1249: 17.3 mi
  • Stamp Mill: 19.3 mi
  • Providence Mine: 19.3 mi
Cliffs: 10
Attractions: 8
Picnic sites: 6
  • Convict Flat Picnic Site: 10.4 mi
  • Collins Lake Group Picnic Area #1: 16.1 mi
  • Overlook Point Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
  • Humbug Creek Picknic: 17.3 mi
  • Tin Cup Diggins Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
Springs: 6
  • Jackies Orchard Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Holden Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Oven Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Willow Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Upper Derbec Spring: 17.0 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Beaches: 4
Gardens: 2
  • Nisenan Garden: 19.3 mi
  • Bourn Gardens: 22.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Big Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lexington HillNE 35°1,757 m13.0 mi
Camel PeakN 11°1,737 m13.8 mi
SugarloafENE 66°1,694 m13.5 mi
Big PeakN 10°1,686 m14.6 mi
Bald MountainENE 75°1,681 m13.8 mi
Poverty HillNE 52°1,673 m11.9 mi
Little PeakN 8°1,662 m14.3 mi
Saint Charles HillENE 76°1,647 m13.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4119:17
June solstice05:3819:5620:36
September equinox06:5318:2819:03
December solstice07:2216:0216:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414143475562696864554640
Precip in14.713.712.86.44.01.20.00.20.54.18.616.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Strawberry Valley 2, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358803811

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