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Powder Hill

Powder Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Powder Hill rises to 1,735 m in California. Lyons Peak stands 2,398 m to the northeast, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Snag Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49063895, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1735 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.47627, -121.62666

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Natural arches: 13
  • Heppe Bridge: 16.0 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 16.6 mi
  • Ovis Bridge: 16.7 mi
  • Brushy Bridge: 17.1 mi
  • Venetian Bridge: 17.1 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Freudian System Cave: 1.8 mi
  • Hidden Valley: 15.5 mi
  • Garden Bridges: 17.1 mi
  • Fleener Chimneys: 19.7 mi
  • Black Crater: 20.3 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Gillem Bluff: 21.7 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 22.3 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 23.0 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 23.6 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 24.6 mi
Parks: 1
  • Long Bell State Game Refuge 1N: 13.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Doorknob Snowmobile park: 13.9 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Springs: 1
  • Deer Springs: 24.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Powder Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakNE 41°2,398 m9.4 mi
Mount HoffmanNNE 22°2,397 m10.0 mi
Red Shale ButteNE 37°2,381 m8.9 mi
Glass MountainNE 36°2,316 m10.7 mi
Medicine MountainN 7°2,295 m6.1 mi
Badger PeakN 359°2,236 m8.4 mi
Little Mount HoffmanNNW 346°2,197 m7.3 mi
Garner MountainNW 310°2,195 m12.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4219:19
June solstice05:3420:0320:44
September equinox06:5518:2919:05
December solstice07:3015:5616:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333540445260696862513932
Precip in1.62.11.91.31.41.00.40.30.40.81.51.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lava Beds NAT MON, 17 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 231011 — Powder Hill, Siskiyou County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358773023

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