French Hill
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
- 18.4 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Stockton Hill: 1.1 mi
- Jackson Butte: 2.7 mi
- Blue Jay Point: 2.7 mi
- Tunnel Hill: 4.1 mi
- Pine Peak: 4.2 mi
- Mokelumne Hill Park: 0.7 mi
- Mokelumne Hill State Historic Landmark: 0.7 mi
- Tabeuad Lake Fishing Point: 3.2 mi
- Tabeaud Beach: 3.3 mi
- Tabeaud Non Motorized Boat Launch area: 3.4 mi
- Amador County Museum: 5.2 mi
- Change House Museum and Gift Shop: 6.3 mi
- Amador County Model Railroad Museum: 7.4 mi
- Calaveras County Historical Museum: 7.7 mi
- Knight Foundry: 8.3 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Middle Bar: 3.1 mi
- Carson Hill: 21.8 mi
- Michigan Bar: 23.2 mi
- Logtown: 24.1 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 23.4 mi
- National Recreation Area: 24.5 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 24.9 mi
- F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 8.2 mi
- Natural Bridge: 21.1 mi
- Mokelumne Beach: 22.0 mi
- McKays Point: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of French Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain | E 82° | 1,835 m | 18.0 mi |
| Buck Mountain | ENE 75° | 1,566 m | 18.1 mi |
| Devils Nose | NE 54° | 1,445 m | 18.3 mi |
| Manuel Peak | ESE 104° | 1,354 m | 17.1 mi |
| Cougar Rock | ESE 107° | 1,298 m | 17.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | ENE 60° | 1,247 m | 15.6 mi |
| Mount Crossman | NE 39° | 1,184 m | 14.0 mi |
| Round Mountain | NNE 15° | 1,063 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:51 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:05 | 16:46 |
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 | 47 | 50 | 52 | 56 | 63 | 71 | 78 | 77 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 6.1 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 5.4 |
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
Day trips start here
- Placerville · 30 mi
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