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Boucher Hill

Boucher Hill, a peak in California
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Boucher Hill rises to 1,651 m in California. Hot Springs Mountain stands 1,985 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Palomar Mountain State Park, a park 0.5 miles away. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

Mountain in United States of America.

Wikidata Q35728861, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,651 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.33476, -116.91891

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Palomar Mountain State Park: 0.5 mi
  • Doane Valley Natural Preserve: 1.1 mi
  • Telescope Pads: 2.4 mi
  • Wilderness Gardens Park: 6.9 mi
  • Wilderness Gardens County Preserve: 7.0 mi
Peaks: 56
  • Lone Fir Point: 0.6 mi
  • Gordon Point: 2.2 mi
  • Morgan Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Eagle Crag: 4.2 mi
  • Birch Hill: 4.6 mi
Attractions
  • Weir Historic Site: 1.0 mi
  • Doane Pond: 1.1 mi
  • Hale Telescope: 3.5 mi
  • 18-inch Schmidt Telescope: 3.5 mi
  • 60-inch Telescope: 3.5 mi
Springs: 41
  • Sourdough Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Sawyer Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Bear Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Pechanga Hot Springs: 10.1 mi
  • Dripping Springs: 10.3 mi
Historic sites: 31
Museums: 29
Gardens: 23
Nature reserves: 13
Artworks: 13
  • Hungry Wolf: 12.9 mi
  • Redhawk Logo: 13.8 mi
  • A Child's Wonderland: 16.2 mi
  • Historic Fire Wagon 28: 17.0 mi
  • Old Town Arch: 17.0 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Silvercrest Picnic Area: 0.7 mi
  • Employee Break Area: 18.8 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 19.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Upper Barker Valley Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Lower Barker Valley Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Washtub Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 17.9 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Hot springs: 1
  • Warner Hot Spring: 17.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Boucher Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hot Springs MountainE1,985 m19.6 mi
Combs PeakENE1,878 m18.5 mi
High PointENE1,873 m5.1 mi
South Combs PeakE1,788 m19.0 mi
Iron Spring MountainENE1,750 m15.2 mi
Birch HillESE1,737 m4.6 mi
Gordon PointN1,722 m2.2 mi
Cahuilla MountainNNE1,719 m18.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2719:00
June solstice05:3919:2420:01
September equinox06:3718:1318:46
December solstice06:4816:0716:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444447525968747569605044
Precip in5.97.34.62.00.90.20.30.70.51.22.34.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palomar MTN Obsy, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 269977 — Boucher Hill, San Diego County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358800950

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