Panochita Hill
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
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Misery: 2.0 mi
- Masters Hill: 3.4 mi
- Montgomery Hill: 3.5 mi
- Ptolemy Peak: 3.6 mi
- Observatory Peak: 3.8 mi
- Stockman's Group Picnic SIte: 2.5 mi
- Pala Seca Cabin: 5.2 mi
- Picnic Site: 6.0 mi
- Coyote Ranch: 6.3 mi
- Cottonwood Lake Group Site: 6.6 mi
- 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
- Lick Observatory: 3.7 mi
- San Felipe Ranch's The Nature Conservatory's Conservation Easement: 4.1 mi
- Basking Ridge Conservation Easement: 5.7 mi
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 5.8 mi
- Blue Oak Ranch Reserve: 5.8 mi
- 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
- 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
- Discoveries: 5.7 mi
- Discoveries: 5.7 mi
- Discoveries: 5.7 mi
- Health Brings Peace of Heart and Happiness: 7.3 mi
- Lunar New Year: 7.3 mi
- Rose Garden: 2.6 mi
- Lake Cunningham Native Garden: 6.5 mi
- Chinese Cultural Garden: 9.8 mi
- San Jose State Community Garden: 10.4 mi
- Blue Garden: 10.4 mi
- Bernal-Gulnac-Joice Ranch: 7.9 mi
- Alum Rock Science & Nature Center: 8.7 mi
- Hellenic Heritage Museum: 9.1 mi
- History Park at Kelley Park: 9.1 mi
- Chinese American Historical Museum: 9.2 mi
- South Spring: 4.2 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 7.8 mi
- Willow Spring: 8.4 mi
- Deer Horn Spring: 10.4 mi
- Blackberry Spring: 10.6 mi
- Pinto Creek Falls: 15.8 mi
- Murietta Falls: 15.9 mi
- Lower Falls: 16.1 mi
- Granuja Falls: 16.2 mi
- Black Rock Falls: 16.4 mi
- 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
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | NE 49° | 1,327 m | 4.5 mi |
| Observatory Peak | NE 47° | 1,298 m | 3.8 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | NE 51° | 1,295 m | 4.6 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | NE 48° | 1,286 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | NE 46° | 1,279 m | 3.8 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | NE 48° | 1,276 m | 3.9 mi |
| Mount Isabel | ENE 69° | 1,275 m | 4.3 mi |
| Galileo Peak | NE 45° | 1,273 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:52 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:13 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 43 | 45 | 48 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 72 | 67 | 59 | 49 | 43 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Hamilton, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358772366
Day trips start here
- Aptos · 25 mi
- Capitola · 27 mi
- Watsonville · 27 mi
- Santa Cruz · 29 mi
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