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Panochita Hill

Panochita Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Panochita Hill rises to 562 m in California. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the northeast, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Misery, a peak 2.0 miles away.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49059621, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
562 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.30411, -121.69273

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Picnic sites
Parks
  • Hidden forest park: 3.2 mi
  • Montgomery Hill Park: 3.7 mi
  • Fowler Creek Park: 4.0 mi
  • Evergreen Park: 4.2 mi
  • Blackpool Pocket Park: 4.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Reverend Hamilton: 3.8 mi
  • J. J. Montgomery Monument: 3.8 mi
  • J. J. Montgomery Monument - "Soaring Flight": 4.3 mi
  • Pala Seca Cabin: 5.2 mi
  • Historic El Camino Real: 7.1 mi
Attractions
  • Frog pond: 4.4 mi
  • Little Dipper: 6.9 mi
  • Shotgun Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Lazy River: 7.0 mi
  • Slide Creek Falls: 7.0 mi
Gardens: 56
Springs: 34
Waterfalls: 15
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 5
  • The Bluff: 14.4 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 21.0 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 22.3 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 22.6 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 22.9 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Del Valle West Beach: 18.9 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 19.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Panochita Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakNE 49°1,327 m4.5 mi
Observatory PeakNE 47°1,298 m3.8 mi
Hipparchus PeakNE 51°1,295 m4.6 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakNE 48°1,286 m4.0 mi
Mount HamiltonNE 46°1,279 m3.8 mi
Huyghens PeakNE 48°1,276 m3.9 mi
Mount IsabelENE 69°1,275 m4.3 mi
Galileo PeakNE 45°1,273 m4.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:4719:5220:31
September equinox06:5518:3119:05
December solstice07:1816:1316:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444345485564727267594943
Precip in5.04.84.42.21.30.30.00.10.21.33.04.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Hamilton, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358772366

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