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Letterbox Hill

Letterbox Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Letterbox Hill rises to 1,755 m in California. Likely Mountain stands 2,249 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Hayden Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away.

The story

Mountain in California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49044019, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,755 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.01906, -120.88219

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Hayden Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Lonkey Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Summers Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Manzanita Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Spring Hill: 3.8 mi
Parks: 6
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 2
Nature reserves: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Young Falls: 22.7 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Site of the First School in Fall River Valley: 24.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Letterbox Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Likely MountainENE2,249 m19.1 mi
Blacks MountainSW2,222 m23.3 mi
Harvey MountainSSW2,217 m20.8 mi
Slate MountainS2,162 m13.8 mi
Tule MountainENE2,160 m23.6 mi
Knox MountainNE2,149 m14.7 mi
Whitinger MountainESE2,143 m12.6 mi
Ashurst MountainSSW2,143 m20.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:16
June solstice05:3219:5820:40
September equinox06:5218:2619:02
December solstice07:2615:5516:39

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363842475562706863524134
Precip in1.91.51.71.61.70.80.20.20.41.01.62.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Adin RS, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 262418 — Letterbox Hill, Lassen County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358798491

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