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Goat Hill

Goat Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Goat Hill rises to 461 m in California. Manuel Peak stands 1,354 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Dome, a peak 0.8 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.

The story

mountain in Amador County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49031724, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
461 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.29519, -120.77938

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Museums: 14
Historic sites: 11
  • Tailing Wheel No. 3: 4.7 mi
  • Flume Tressel Piers: 4.7 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 2: 4.8 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 1: 4.8 mi
  • Massa Tunnel: 4.8 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Kennedy Gold Mine: 5.0 mi
  • Sutter Gold Mine: 8.1 mi
  • Historic Joseph H. Thomas House: 9.0 mi
  • The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown: 10.7 mi
  • Black Chasm Cavern: 12.6 mi
Springs: 9
  • Spanish Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Canzatti Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Gooseberry Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Marble Springs: 20.5 mi
  • Liddicoat Spring: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • A Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
  • B Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
  • C Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
Gardens: 1
  • F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 9.5 mi
Beaches: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 23.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Goat Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Manuel PeakE 99°1,354 m21.5 mi
Cougar RockESE 102°1,297.56 m21.6 mi
Bald MountainENE 65°1,247 m20.1 mi
Mount CrossmanNE 49°1,184 m17.8 mi
Round MountainNNE 28°1,063 m19.0 mi
Cement HillNNE 26°1,018 m20.4 mi
Fort MountainENE 79°999 m16.9 mi
Mount ZionNE 47°899 m9.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:4119:5120:31
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:1716:0516:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485155596673797875665548
Precip in4.03.83.62.11.30.30.00.00.21.12.24.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camp Pardee, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 224241 — Goat Hill, Amador County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358766599

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