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.
The story
mountain in California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49053034, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2694 m
How to reach it
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 18.6 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° | 2,560.3 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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