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Church Bell Hill

Church Bell Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Church Bell Hill rises to 240 m in California. Mount Crossman stands 1,184 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Preston Castle, a museum 1.6 miles away. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q35734670, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
240 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.37269, -120.91105

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 60
Museums: 15
  • Preston Castle: 1.6 mi
  • Amador Whitney Museum: 5.7 mi
  • Monteverde Store Museum: 6.1 mi
  • Knight Foundry: 6.2 mi
  • Change House Museum and Gift Shop: 7.1 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Iron Ivan: 1.8 mi
  • Keystone Mine: 5.7 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 1: 7.3 mi
  • Massa Tunnel: 7.3 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 2: 7.3 mi
Attractions: 11
  • The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown: 5.6 mi
  • Historic Joseph H. Thomas House: 5.7 mi
  • Sutter Gold Mine: 5.9 mi
  • Kennedy Gold Mine: 7.1 mi
  • Black Chasm Cavern: 16.0 mi
Springs: 4
  • Spanish Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Canzatti Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Marble Springs: 21.6 mi
  • Liddicoat Spring: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • A Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
  • B Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
  • C Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Mokelumne Beach: 14.7 mi
  • Horse Shoe Hill Shore: 24.8 mi
  • Moot Rock Beach: 24.9 mi
Gardens: 3
  • F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 18.3 mi
  • Elk Grove Community Garden: 24.4 mi
  • Sherwood Demonstration Garden: 24.5 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Pecker Falls: 21.3 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CrossmanENE 73°1,184 m21.4 mi
Round MountainNE 54°1,063 m19.6 mi
Cement HillNE 51°1,018 m20.7 mi
Fort MountainE 95°999 m23.8 mi
Mount ZionE 85°899 m14.1 mi
Joaquin PeakSE 143°854 m19.9 mi
Quiggs MountainESE 121°843 m18.9 mi
Mount AukumNE 36°797 m17.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:16
June solstice05:4119:5220:31
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:1816:0616:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475052566371787773655447
Precip in6.15.74.92.81.70.40.00.00.21.73.15.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sutter Hill CDF, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358806246

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