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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
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
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
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
Picnic sites: 56
Gardens: 55
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 14.9 miles of Panochita Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakNE1,327 m4.5 mi
Observatory PeakNE1,298 m3.8 mi
Hipparchus PeakNE1,295 m4.6 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakNE1,286 m4.0 mi
Mount HamiltonNE1,279 m3.8 mi
Huyghens PeakNE1,276 m3.9 mi
Mount IsabelENE1,275 m4.3 mi
Galileo PeakNE1,273 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 50–80 °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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