Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill rises to 2,300 m in California. Red Peak stands 2,833 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is The Pinnacles, a peak 1.2 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 23 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Placer County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q35730419, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,300 m
How to reach it
- 23.0 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 25.8 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Cave Rock · 23 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 23 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Pinnacles: 1.2 mi
- McKinstry Peak: 1.8 mi
- Jerrett Peak: 2.9 mi
- Johnnys Hill: 3.0 mi
- Red Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Kaspian Day Use Area: 12.7 mi
- Kailua Park: 13.1 mi
- Kilner Park: 13.4 mi
- Alpine Springs Community Park: 13.7 mi
- Lake Tahoe Park: 13.7 mi
- Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park: 12.9 mi
- Ward Creek: 13.0 mi
- Olympic Meadow Preserve: 14.0 mi
- Burton Creek State Park: 16.2 mi
- Antone Meadows Natural Preserve: 16.2 mi
- Red Cliffs: 2.0 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Little Crater: 9.8 mi
- Big Crater: 12.5 mi
- Thunder Cliff: 13.6 mi
- Johnson Monument: 6.8 mi
- Watson Monument: 11.2 mi
- Olympic Flame: 14.5 mi
- Ralph R. Steele Memorial: 14.8 mi
- Elkus: 15.2 mi
- William Kent Beach: 13.7 mi
- Lester Beach: 15.4 mi
- Kiva Beach: 19.3 mi
- China Cove Beach: 19.9 mi
- Patton Beach: 20.3 mi
- Gatekeeper's Museum: 15.1 mi
- Watson Cabin: 15.4 mi
- UC Davis Eriksson Education Center: 16.7 mi
- Donner Summit Historical Society: 18.9 mi
- Baldwin Home: 19.5 mi
- Coyote Spring: 6.5 mi
- Big Spring: 9.1 mi
- Health Springs: 13.9 mi
- Dad Youngs Spring: 15.5 mi
- Jay Bird Spring: 16.7 mi
- French Meadows Day Use Site: 5.7 mi
- Meeks Bay Beach: 13.9 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 18.7 mi
- Ralston Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Bassi Falls: 11.2 mi
- East Snow Mountain Falls: 13.8 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 15.8 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 15.9 mi
- Eagle Falls: 16.0 mi
- Balancing Rock: 15.2 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 15.8 mi
- China Wall: 18.7 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 19.5 mi
- Rodeo Grounds: 22.2 mi
- The Big Tree: 15.4 mi
- "Snowshoe" Thompson: 20.0 mi
- St Theresa: 23.1 mi
- The Ants: 23.3 mi
- Donner Lake Vista Point: 19.7 mi
- Donner Summit Rest Area: 20.4 mi
- Deadwood: 16.7 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 19.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Bunker Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Peak | SE 135° | 2,833 m | 12.1 mi |
| Phipps Peak | ESE 118° | 2,813 m | 14.0 mi |
| Rubicon Peak | ESE 107° | 2,798 m | 13.9 mi |
| McConnell Spur | SE 135° | 2,780 m | 10.7 mi |
| McConnell Peak | SE 133° | 2,770 m | 10.2 mi |
| Granite Chief | NNE 26° | 2,749 m | 11.4 mi |
| Silver Peak | SE 135° | 2,724 m | 11.3 mi |
| Lyon Peak | NNE 18° | 2,713 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 62 | 61 | 55 | 46 | 36 | 29 |
| Precip in | 6.4 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 6.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tahoma, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 257687 — Bunker Hill, Placer County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358797092
Day trips start here
- Homewood · 12 mi
- Olympic Valley · 13 mi
- Tahoe City · 15 mi
- Bliss State Park · 16 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 18 mi
- Placer County · 19 mi
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