Mount Hood
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Mount Hood rises to 833 m in California. Mount Saint Helena stands 1,319 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Lawson Picnic Area, a picnic site 1.1 miles away.
The story
Mount Hood, also known as Hood Mountain, is a mountain near the southeastern edge of Santa Rosa, California, at the northeast of the Sonoma Valley and attains a height of 2,733 feet (833 m). The original name was Mount Wilikos, an Indian name meaning "willows." Most of the drainage from Mount Hood contributes to the headwaters of Sonoma Creek. A prominent feature is the extensive rock face visible on the upper half of the mountain as viewed from State Route 12. The habitats on the mountain include mixed oak forest, pygmy forest, chaparral and riparian zones. In prehistoric times the slopes of Mount Hood were inhabited by a division of the Yuki tribe. Most of Mount Hood is within the Hood Mountain Regional Park maintained by Sonoma County. Mount Hood is part of the inner coast Mayacamas Range, and lies mostly within Sonoma County, with a part of the mountain geographically within Napa County. Mount Hood affords overlooks of the Pacific Ocean, San Francisco Bay and "a spectacular view east to the Sierra Nevada Range."
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Wikidata Q6921246, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 833 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Hill: 1.6 mi
- Bald Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Red Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Buzzard Peak: 2.5 mi
- Bald Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Ridge State Park: 3.0 mi
- Shaw Park: 3.0 mi
- Plaza Park: 3.3 mi
- Alder Park: 3.4 mi
- Skyhawk Park: 4.4 mi
- Cross on the Hill: 4.6 mi
- Saint Helen of the Cross: 5.5 mi
- Rocky Bear: 7.2 mi
- Sacred Heart of Jesus: 7.8 mi
- Tree Limns: 8.2 mi
- Beringer Vineyards: 5.3 mi
- V. Sattui Winery: 6.1 mi
- Bale Grist Mill: 6.1 mi
- Balancing Rock: 7.6 mi
- The Petrified Forest: 8.1 mi
- Cross on the Hill: 4.6 mi
- The Rhine House: 5.3 mi
- Castello di Amorosa: 6.8 mi
- Jack London's Wolf House: 7.6 mi
- G.A.R. Memorial: 8.2 mi
- St. Francis Community Garden: 5.2 mi
- Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center: 6.4 mi
- Native American Garden: 6.6 mi
- Garden of Healing: 8.1 mi
- Le Jardin: 8.3 mi
- Robert Ferguson Observatory: 2.9 mi
- Silverado Museum: 5.6 mi
- Elmshaven: 6.7 mi
- House of Happy Walls: 7.2 mi
- Jack London Cottage: 7.3 mi
- Hood Mountain - McCormick Ranch Addition: 1.9 mi
- Owls Nest Open Space: 4.8 mi
- Stuart Creek Run: 6.6 mi
- Taylor Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Fairfield Osborn Preserve: 8.3 mi
- Lawson Picnic Area: 1.1 mi
- Birthday Party Area: 6.2 mi
- Creekside Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- Provence Picnic: 8.3 mi
- Rhône Picnic: 8.3 mi
- Steelhead Beach: 18.9 mi
- Healdsburg Veterans Memorial Beach: 19.2 mi
- Children's Beach: 19.3 mi
- Mother’s Beach: 20.3 mi
- River Bend Beach: 21.2 mi
- Sunset Point: 8.3 mi
- Stags Leap: 13.3 mi
- White Point: 15.5 mi
- Ingalls Bluff: 20.4 mi
- Taylor Bluffs: 23.8 mi
- Sonoma Creek Falls: 2.2 mi
- Linda Falls: 9.0 mi
- Haraszthy Falls: 13.7 mi
- Green Valley Falls: 23.8 mi
- Hunter Spring: 5.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 14.8 mi
- Hole in the Rock: 13.6 mi
- Wingo: 17.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Mount Hood. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Saint Helena | NNW 344° | 1,319 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mount Saint Helena South Peak | NNW 346° | 1,220 m | 14.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | N 6° | 906 m | 12.4 mi |
| Three Peaks | NNE 16° | 872 m | 11.1 mi |
| Table Mountain | N 4° | 857 m | 15.3 mi |
| Old Baldy | NNE 14° | 836 m | 10.9 mi |
| The Beehive | NNE 17° | 833 m | 10.4 mi |
| Twin Peaks | N 5° | 833 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:59 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:12 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 52 | 55 | 59 | 64 | 70 | 72 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 55 | 49 |
| Precip in | 6.5 | 6.7 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 7.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saint Helena, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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