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Potato Hill

Potato Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Potato Hill rises to 846 m in California. North Maggie Mountain stands 3,119 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Gassenberg Spring, a spring 3.8 miles away.

The story

Mountain in Tulare County, California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49063721, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
846 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.31939, -118.94371

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Springs: 30
Attractions: 25
Historic sites: 8
  • Treaty of 1851: 16.1 mi
  • Old Ranger Station: 17.7 mi
  • Alles Cabin: 18.1 mi
  • John Ferrington Memorial: 18.8 mi
  • Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 19.1 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Museums: 6
Picnic sites: 6
  • Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
  • Sunset Point Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
  • Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 16.9 mi
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
Nature reserves: 3
  • Dry Creek Preserve: 8.9 mi
  • McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 10.9 mi
  • Homer Ranch Preserve: 11.3 mi
Gardens: 2
Artworks: 2
  • World's Largest Olive: 12.0 mi
  • End of Trail Statue: 20.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Potato Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Maggie MountainE3,119 m17.3 mi
Sheep MountainE3,061 m17.8 mi
Paradise PeakNE2,854 m17.5 mi
Moses MountainE2,820 m14.9 mi
Cahoon RockENE2,798 m14.7 mi
Ampitheater DomeNE2,768 m18.2 mi
Homer's NoseENE2,734 m12.3 mi
Dennison MountainE2,645 m11.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3419:08
June solstice05:3919:3920:17
September equinox06:4418:2018:54
December solstice07:0416:0516:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495358627077838176675648
Precip in2.72.32.51.40.60.10.00.00.10.71.32.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lemon Cove, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358801952

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