Carpenter Hill
Carpenter Hill rises to 253 m in California. Shoemaker Hill stands 930 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Nisenan Community Park, a park 0.8 miles away.
The story
Carpenter Hill is a hill located in the eastern Sacramento Valley-Sierra Nevada foothills region of California. The hill, located within the city limits of Folsom, near the Sacramento / El Dorado county line and north of U.S. Route 50, rises to an elevation of 831 feet (253 m). Despite its low elevation, the hill is the county highpoint of Sacramento County and thus the summit offers expansive views of the Central Valley. It is the lowest highpoint of any county in California, lower than second-place San Francisco County's Mount Davidson by about 97 feet (30 m). Several antennas and towers stand on Carpenter Hill's grassy summit. The low elevation of the hill means snow rarely falls on its summit.
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Wikidata Q5045711, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 253 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Nisenan Community Park: 0.8 mi
- Handy Family Park: 0.9 mi
- Elliot Homes Seneca Park: 0.9 mi
- Palladio: 1.1 mi
- Crescent Ridge Park: 1.3 mi
- Nedbelle Peak: 4.8 mi
- Blisk Peak: 4.8 mi
- Horse Shoe Hill: 5.1 mi
- Ben Bolt: 6.2 mi
- Vulture Nest Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Folsom Prison Museum: 4.4 mi
- Folsom History Museum: 4.6 mi
- Folsom Powerhouse Museum: 4.7 mi
- Folsom Railroad Museum: 4.7 mi
- The American River Water Education Center: 5.7 mi
- Prairie City: 3.1 mi
- Old Russville Ditch: 4.6 mi
- Kinsey's Bridge: 4.6 mi
- Sterlingshire Historical Site: 4.6 mi
- Historic Folsom Rock Company Grounds: 4.7 mi
- Cameron Park CSD Pool: 5.2 mi
- Southwind Labradors: 6.0 mi
- Safetyville USA: 14.3 mi
- The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown: 19.7 mi
- Little Saigon: 20.5 mi
- Chrome Rooster: 6.9 mi
- The GBHS Bear: 8.4 mi
- Cosmos: 11.4 mi
- Junction: 12.1 mi
- Chrome Mustang: 17.9 mi
- Pheonix Community Garden: 6.7 mi
- Ridgeview EcoLab: 8.1 mi
- Prayer Garden: 13.3 mi
- Sherwood Demonstration Garden: 13.6 mi
- Border Garden: 17.2 mi
- Mormon Island Wetlands Natural Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Natomas Station Wildlife Area: 3.9 mi
- Miners Ravine Nature Reserve: 8.2 mi
- Anderson Island Natural Preserve: 9.9 mi
- Wesley Reserve: 14.9 mi
- Picnic Tables: 12.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Group community site: 12.6 mi
- "Love Comes Softly" movie set: 12.7 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Lake Natoma Bluffs: 5.2 mi
- Shark Tank: 6.9 mi
- Keirwin's Corner: 7.9 mi
- Wreckage Wall: 18.9 mi
- Horseshoe Canyon: 19.0 mi
- Laurel Beach: 5.0 mi
- Moot Rock Beach: 5.0 mi
- Horse Shoe Hill Shore: 5.1 mi
- Pit Stop Beach: 11.9 mi
- Oregon Bar: 15.0 mi
- Pecker Falls: 3.0 mi
- Leete Falls: 4.6 mi
- Antelope Creek Falla: 12.6 mi
- Rock Creek: 20.2 mi
- Hidden Falls: 22.3 mi
- Mormon Island: 3.9 mi
- Salmon Falls: 7.9 mi
- Michigan Bar: 10.7 mi
- Logtown: 13.4 mi
- Ophir: 16.8 mi
- Huff Mineral Spring: 12.7 mi
- Wetland Preserve: 12.7 mi
- Spanish Spring: 18.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Carpenter Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoemaker Hill | NE 44° | 930 m | 22.7 mi |
| Castle Rock | ENE 58° | 905 m | 23.3 mi |
| White Oak Point | ENE 67° | 869 m | 23.2 mi |
| Iowa Hill | ENE 69° | 867 m | 23.6 mi |
| Mameluke Hill | NE 37° | 822 m | 23.0 mi |
| Mount Aukum | ESE 104° | 797 m | 20.8 mi |
| Round Hill | NE 54° | 775 m | 20.9 mi |
| Spanish Hill | NE 52° | 760 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:53 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:05 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 52 | 55 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 76 | 72 | 63 | 52 | 45 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Placerville, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/3358735618
Day trips start here
- El Dorado Hills · 3 mi
- Folsom · 5 mi
- Rocklin · 12 mi
- Coloma · 15 mi
- Auburn · 17 mi
- Placerville · 17 mi
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