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French Hill

French Hill, seen from above at true elevation

French Hill rises to 577 m in California. Blue Mountain stands 1,835 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mokelumne Hill Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

The story

mountain in Calaveras County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49030547, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
577 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.30714, -120.69438

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Museums: 17
Springs: 15
  • Canzatti Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Spanish Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Marble Springs: 17.7 mi
  • Liddicoat Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Sugar Spring: 18.7 mi
Historic sites: 13
  • Tailing Wheel No. 3: 5.8 mi
  • Flume Tressel Piers: 5.9 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 2: 6.0 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 1: 6.0 mi
  • Massa Tunnel: 6.0 mi
Attractions: 13
  • Kennedy Gold Mine: 6.3 mi
  • Black Chasm Cavern: 9.4 mi
  • Sutter Gold Mine: 9.6 mi
  • Historic Joseph H. Thomas House: 10.5 mi
  • California Caverns: 12.4 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • A Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
  • B Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
  • C Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
  • Oak Leaf: 23.2 mi
  • Heron Point Day Use: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Nature reserves: 3
Gardens: 1
  • F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 8.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 21.1 mi
Beaches: 1
Cliffs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of French Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MountainE 82°1,835 m18.0 mi
Buck MountainENE 75°1,566 m18.1 mi
Manuel PeakESE 104°1,354 m17.1 mi
Cougar RockESE 107°1,297.56 m17.3 mi
Bald MountainENE 60°1,247 m15.6 mi
Mount CrossmanNE 39°1,184 m14.0 mi
Round MountainNNE 15°1,063 m16.5 mi
Cement HillNNE 14°1,018 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:4019:5120:30
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:1716:0516:46

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, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1658582 — French Hill, Calaveras County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358806458

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