Knob Hill
Knob Hill rises to 646 m in California. Kirby Peak stands 1,642 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Lacy Hill, a peak 1.4 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 29 miles off.
The story
mountain in Mariposa County, California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49042136, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 646 m
How to reach it
- 28.7 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Lacy Hill: 1.4 mi
- Buckeye Hill: 2.0 mi
- Split Rock: 2.1 mi
- Bald Rock: 2.4 mi
- Ward Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Catheys Valley Park: 8.6 mi
- Eastman Lake Recreation Area: 8.7 mi
- Mariposa Park: 8.9 mi
- Mariposa Art Park: 9.0 mi
- Midpines Park: 12.3 mi
- Specimen Springs: 6.5 mi
- Apple Tree Spring: 7.6 mi
- Big Spring: 7.9 mi
- Barrel Spring: 10.2 mi
- Rogers Spring: 11.8 mi
- California State Mining and Mineral Museum: 7.8 mi
- Mariposa Museum and History Center: 9.4 mi
- Coarsegold Historic Museum: 17.5 mi
- Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park: 18.3 mi
- Thornberry Museum: 19.2 mi
- Chowchilla Recreation Area: 8.9 mi
- Gold Rush BBQ: 20.1 mi
- The Falls Picnic Site: 22.0 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 22.4 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 19.2 mi
- Corlieu Falls: 19.5 mi
- Angel Falls: 22.0 mi
- Lower Chilnualna Falls: 23.1 mi
- Alder Creek Falls: 23.7 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 19.3 mi
- Mariposa Welcome Plaza: 21.5 mi
- Big Ed: 21.8 mi
- Willow Creek Trail: 22.0 mi
- Bull Buck Tree: 22.2 mi
- September 11, 2001 Memorial: 9.0 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 13.5 mi
- Fremont’s Fort: 18.3 mi
- Carol Tomlinson-Keasey Memorial Quad: 24.8 mi
- Agua Fria: 9.5 mi
- Mount Ophir: 12.3 mi
- Cat Town: 21.1 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 17.7 mi
- Beginnings: 24.9 mi
- Highway Patrol Weigh Station: 22.4 mi
- Gardening Club Orchard: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Knob Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirby Peak | NE 39° | 1,642 m | 15.1 mi |
| Silver Knob | ENE 71° | 1,631 m | 16.7 mi |
| Pilot Peak | ENE 69° | 1,586 m | 15.9 mi |
| Sweetwater Point | NNE 17° | 1,406 m | 15.7 mi |
| Deadwood Peak | E 100° | 1,373 m | 15.9 mi |
| Buckingham Mountain | NNE 28° | 1,367 m | 13.3 mi |
| Miami Mountain | ENE 70° | 1,304 m | 13.2 mi |
| Bullion Knob | NNW 345° | 1,297 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:46 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:06 | 16:46 |
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 | 36 | 36 | 39 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 65 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 7.6 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SO Entrance Yosemite NP, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 226657 — Knob Hill, Mariposa County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358768795
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