Cow Hill
Cow Hill rises to 989 m in California. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the north-northwest, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Rocks, a peak 1.0 miles away.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q35736118, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 989 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Henry Willard Coe State Park: 7.1 mi
- Metcalf Motorcycle County Park: 7.3 mi
- Field Sports Park: 7.4 mi
- Hidden forest park: 7.5 mi
- Blackpool Pocket Park: 8.4 mi
- Eucalyptus Rest Area: 7.1 mi
- Walnut Rest Area: 7.3 mi
- Sycamore Rest Area: 7.4 mi
- Woodchopper's Flat Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
- Coyote Ranch: 7.7 mi
- Frog pond: 8.0 mi
- Community & Cultural Center: 9.7 mi
- Little Dipper: 12.4 mi
- Shotgun Falls: 12.4 mi
- Slide Creek Falls: 12.5 mi
- Discoveries: 11.0 mi
- Bird's Eye View: 11.8 mi
- Health Brings Peace of Heart and Happiness: 12.7 mi
- Lunar New Year: 12.7 mi
- A Monument to the Last Barn: 14.2 mi
- Reverend Hamilton: 5.8 mi
- Henry Coe Monument: 6.0 mi
- Memorial for Ann Sobrato: 7.9 mi
- J. J. Montgomery Monument: 8.9 mi
- J. J. Montgomery Monument - "Soaring Flight": 9.4 mi
- Blue Rocks: 1.0 mi
- Pyramid Rock: 3.1 mi
- Bollinger Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Round Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Mount Helen: 4.3 mi
- Morgan Hill Community Garden: 10.5 mi
- Lake Cunningham Native Garden: 12.0 mi
- Chinese Cultural Garden: 15.3 mi
- San Jose State Community Garden: 15.7 mi
- SoFA Demonstration Garden: 16.0 mi
- Villa Mira Monte: 9.3 mi
- Morgan Hill Museum: 9.3 mi
- Bailey Fellows House: 10.5 mi
- Bernal-Gulnac-Joice Ranch: 10.8 mi
- Wings of History Air Museum: 12.7 mi
- Willow Spring: 2.9 mi
- Deer Horn Spring: 4.9 mi
- Sada's Spring: 5.1 mi
- Pajahuello Spring: 5.2 mi
- Blackberry Spring: 5.3 mi
- Pinto Creek Falls: 11.2 mi
- Robison Falls: 13.5 mi
- Pacheco Falls: 13.7 mi
- Lower Falls: 16.0 mi
- Granuja Falls: 16.2 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 22.3 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 22.8 mi
- The Bluff: 18.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Cow Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | NNW 347° | 1,327 m | 6.0 mi |
| Observatory Peak | NNW 339° | 1,298 m | 5.8 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | NNW 348° | 1,295 m | 5.9 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | NNW 342° | 1,286 m | 5.8 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | NNW 340° | 1,279 m | 5.8 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | NNW 341° | 1,276 m | 5.8 mi |
| Mount Isabel | N 350° | 1,275 m | 4.5 mi |
| Galileo Peak | NNW 346° | 1,273 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:52 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:12 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 43 | 45 | 48 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 72 | 67 | 59 | 49 | 43 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Hamilton, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358764214
Day trips start here
- Watsonville · 25 mi
- Aptos · 26 mi
- Capitola · 28 mi
- San Juan Bautista · 29 mi
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