Jenkins Hill
Jenkins Hill rises to 1,024 m in California. Devil Peak stands 2,114 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Mountain, a peak 3.4 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 8.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Mariposa County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49039673, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,024 m
How to reach it
- 8.5 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 10 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Little Grizzly Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Texas Hill: 4.5 mi
- Big Grizzly Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Trumbull Peak: 4.8 mi
- Diana Falls: 7.8 mi
- Little Nellie Falls: 9.6 mi
- Chinquapin Falls: 10.3 mi
- Foresta Falls: 10.3 mi
- Carlon Falls: 11.1 mi
- Pilot Peak Spring: 7.2 mi
- Barrel Spring: 9.8 mi
- Fremont Spring: 9.9 mi
- Morning Star Spring: 12.8 mi
- Big Spring: 14.0 mi
- El Portal Park: 8.7 mi
- Midpines Park: 9.6 mi
- Bagby Recreation Area: 10.7 mi
- Greeley Hill County Park: 10.8 mi
- Red Cloud: 11.9 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Museum: 8.7 mi
- Mariposa Museum and History Center: 12.1 mi
- California State Mining and Mineral Museum: 13.7 mi
- The Northern Mariposa Country History Center: 14.2 mi
- Interpretive Center: 16.0 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 5.3 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Carlon Day Use Area: 11.4 mi
- Summit Meadow: 15.9 mi
- Remote Camp: 16.2 mi
- Merced Grove: 8.3 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 8.7 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 8.7 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 10.5 mi
- Valley View Yosemite (Sunset Spot): 15.5 mi
- Fireplace Bluffs: 14.9 mi
- Rockslides: 16.0 mi
- Profile Cliff: 18.9 mi
- The Fissures: 19.0 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 20.5 mi
- Fremont’s Fort: 11.1 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 11.7 mi
- September 11, 2001 Memorial: 12.4 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 16.0 mi
- World Heritage Site: 20.4 mi
- Cat Town: 8.1 mi
- Mount Ophir: 12.2 mi
- Agua Fria: 13.0 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 15.8 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 18.6 mi
- Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 19.1 mi
- Dunn Court Beach: 19.3 mi
- Dedication Garden: 16.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Jenkins Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devil Peak | SE 130° | 2,114 m | 14.5 mi |
| Chowchilla Mountain | SE 124° | 2,105 m | 12.6 mi |
| Devils Dance Floor | ENE 65° | 2,078 m | 12.5 mi |
| Old Inspiration Point | ENE 79° | 2,024 m | 15.0 mi |
| Iron Mountain | ESE 118° | 1,894 m | 13.1 mi |
| Pilot Peak | N 4° | 1,826 m | 6.9 mi |
| Pinoche Peak | ESE 102° | 1,754 m | 9.4 mi |
| Brown Peak | ESE 103° | 1,715 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:46 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:04 | 16:45 |
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 | 38 | 36 | 38 | 42 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 6.9 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 7.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yosemite Village 12 W, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1658855 — Jenkins Hill, Mariposa County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358806659
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 21 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 22 mi
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