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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: 32
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 18.2 miles of Potato Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Maggie MountainE 100°3,119 m17.3 mi
Sheep MountainE 92°3,061 m17.8 mi
Paradise PeakNE 51°2,854 m17.5 mi
Moses MountainE 101°2,820 m14.9 mi
Cahoon RockENE 74°2,798 m14.7 mi
Ampitheater DomeNE 48°2,768 m18.2 mi
Homer's NoseENE 68°2,734 m12.3 mi
Dennison MountainE 90°2,645 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 5080 °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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