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Big Hill

Big Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Big Hill rises to 317 m in California. Cobb Mountain stands 1,440 m to the north, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Ingalls Bluff, a cliff 1.4 miles away.

The story

mountain in Sonoma County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q35727123, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
317 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.70046, -122.73610

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Middletown Trailside Park: 6.6 mi
  • Middletown Central Park Association: 6.8 mi
  • Rabbit Hill and Chaparral Preserve: 7.1 mi
  • Middletown Square Park: 7.3 mi
  • Del Rio Woods Regional Park: 7.5 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 35
  • Calpine Geothermal Visitor Center: 6.9 mi
  • Silverado Mine: 7.8 mi
  • Stevenson Memorial: 7.8 mi
  • Bear Rock Overlook: 8.4 mi
  • Lasky Point: 9.5 mi
Gardens: 28
  • Harry and Maggie Wetzel Native Plant Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Rose Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Robbin Food Forest: 11.8 mi
  • Rosary Garden: 14.2 mi
  • Native American Garden: 15.5 mi
Historic sites: 24
  • Cross: 14.2 mi
  • Castello di Amorosa: 14.3 mi
  • Americas Best Value Inn & Suites - Wine Country: 15.3 mi
  • Hilton Sonoma Wine Country Ruins: 15.5 mi
  • Round Barn Ruins: 15.5 mi
Nature reserves: 19
Museums: 17
Beaches: 14
Springs: 9
  • Rattlesnake Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Poison Smith Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Skaggs Springs: 15.5 mi
  • Hunter Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Bear Spring: 21.8 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Birthday Party Area: 17.6 mi
  • Lawson Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
  • Oak Savanna Group Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
  • Provence Picnic: 22.9 mi
  • Rhône Picnic: 22.9 mi
Cliffs: 7
Waterfalls: 2
  • Linda Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Sonoma Creek Falls: 21.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Hole in the Rock: 7.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Big Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cobb MountainN 358°1,440 m7.4 mi
Mount Saint HelenaESE 111°1,319 m5.9 mi
Mount Saint Helena South PeakESE 115°1,220 m7.1 mi
Mount HannahN 358°1,213 m12.9 mi
Boggs MountainNNE 20°1,139 m8.4 mi
Seigler MountainN 7°1,108 m12.1 mi
Pine MountainNE 37°1,091 m2.7 mi
Mahnke PeakNNW 330°1,085 m12.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
June solstice05:4720:0020:40
September equinox06:5918:3419:10
December solstice07:2616:1216:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495154596470727169635448
Precip in8.08.36.42.91.60.30.00.00.12.24.58.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Healdsburg, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358761876

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