Mount Hilton
Mount Hilton rises to 2,694 m in California. Thompson Peak stands 2,726 m to the north, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Canyon Creek Falls, a waterfall 1.6 miles away. 96 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49053034, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,694 m
How to reach it
96 named places within 25 miles
- Wedding Cake: 2.5 mi
- Sawtooth Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Thompson Peak: 3.0 mi
- Little Granite Peak: 3.3 mi
- Caesar Peak: 3.4 mi
- Upper Canyon Creek Falls: 1.6 mi
- Middle Canyon Creek Falls: 1.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 2.3 mi
- Grizzly Lake Falls: 3.9 mi
- Kickapoo Waterfall: 16.9 mi
- Stoney Creek Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
- Clark Springs Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
- Whites Bar Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Big Bar Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Cedar Flat Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 5.4 mi
- China Spring: 7.0 mi
- Marble Springs: 9.0 mi
- Hayfork Spring: 17.2 mi
- High Spring: 24.0 mi
- Dedrick: 6.6 mi
- Canon City: 8.7 mi
- Minersville: 15.9 mi
- Negro Flat: 23.0 mi
- Deadwood: 23.4 mi
- Russell Cabin: 3.1 mi
- Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park: 16.7 mi
- Eagle Rock Lookout: 20.1 mi
- Stamp mill: 24.4 mi
- Lowden Park: 16.8 mi
- Lee Fong Park Disc Golf Course: 17.0 mi
- Lewiston Community Park: 21.8 mi
- National Recreation Area, Picnic Area - Tanbark: 13.0 mi
- Moon Lim Lee Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- Limestone Bluffs: 15.1 mi
- Dougherty Bluff: 24.9 mi
- Jake Jackson Memorial Museum: 16.8 mi
- Scott Museum: 18.7 mi
- Russian Wilderness: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Hilton. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson Peak | N 6° | 2,726 m | 3.0 mi |
| Caesar Peak | NNE 15° | 2,714 m | 3.4 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | ENE 67° | 2,662 m | 2.9 mi |
| Caribou Mountain | NE 44° | 2,609 m | 7.0 mi |
| Wedding Cake | N 7° | 2,605 m | 2.5 mi |
| Gibson Peak | E 96° | 2,560 m | 9.5 mi |
| Siligo Peak | E 95° | 2,482 m | 8.0 mi |
| Seven Up Peak | E 89° | 2,476 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:48 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:07 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:04 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 46 | 51 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 72 | 67 | 54 | 43 | 37 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cecilville, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 261362 — Mount Hilton, Trinity County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358798147
Day trips start here
- Callahan · 28 mi
- French Gulch · 28 mi
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