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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
1755 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 MountainENE 60°2,249 m19.1 mi
Blacks MountainSW 224°2,222 m23.3 mi
Harvey MountainSSW 203°2,217 m20.8 mi
Slate MountainS 174°2,162 m13.8 mi
Tule MountainENE 70°2,160 m23.6 mi
Knox MountainNE 40°2,149 m14.7 mi
Whitinger MountainESE 108°2,143 m12.6 mi
Ashurst MountainSSW 195°2,143 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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