Block Hill
Block Hill rises to 273 m in California. Orchard Peak stands 953 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is El Collado, a peak 0.6 miles away.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q35728209, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 273 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- El Collado: 0.6 mi
- Pipe Hill: 0.9 mi
- Mustang Hill: 1.0 mi
- Broken Hill: 1.2 mi
- Cerro Ultimo: 1.2 mi
- Floyd Rice Park: 7.4 mi
- Almond Tree Oasis RV Park: 14.5 mi
- Keenan Park: 16.7 mi
- Chestnut Park: 17.1 mi
- Huron Community Park: 17.1 mi
- Double Spring: 14.8 mi
- Tiger Spring: 15.3 mi
- Sugar Spring: 15.6 mi
- Sugar Tail Spring: 15.6 mi
- Little Tiger Spring: 16.4 mi
- Caltrans Fallen Workers Memorial District: 10.3 mi
- Lemoore Naval Air Station: 20.3 mi
- James Dean Memorial: 23.9 mi
- Bravo Farms Kettleman City: 2.7 mi
- Coalinga Avenal Safety Roadside Rest Area - Northbound: 10.2 mi
- R C Baker Memorial Museum: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Block Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orchard Peak | SSW 204° | 953 m | 17.8 mi |
| Zwang Peak | W 262° | 939 m | 13.9 mi |
| Picacho Rock | W 267° | 850 m | 16.7 mi |
| Garza Peak | WSW 256° | 800 m | 11.4 mi |
| Johnson Peak | SW 215° | 784 m | 14.7 mi |
| Three Peaks | SW 218° | 784 m | 15.0 mi |
| Roundtop | WSW 257° | 775 m | 11.0 mi |
| Tar Peak | WSW 255° | 739 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:43 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:11 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 52 | 56 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 66 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kettleman City, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358807834
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