Powder Hill
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
- 1,735 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Snag Hill: 1.0 mi
- Timber Hill: 1.5 mi
- Saddle Hills: 1.7 mi
- Papoose Hill: 1.7 mi
- Six Shooter Butte: 2.4 mi
- 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
- 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
- Doorknob Snowmobile park: 13.9 mi
- Lava Beds National Monument: 21.7 mi
- Gillem Bluff: 21.7 mi
- Deer Springs: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Powder Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons Peak | NE 41° | 2,398 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount Hoffman | NNE 22° | 2,397 m | 10.0 mi |
| Red Shale Butte | NE 37° | 2,381 m | 8.9 mi |
| Glass Mountain | NE 36° | 2,316 m | 10.7 mi |
| Medicine Mountain | N 7° | 2,295 m | 6.1 mi |
| Badger Peak | N 359° | 2,236 m | 8.4 mi |
| Little Mount Hoffman | NNW 346° | 2,197 m | 7.3 mi |
| Garner Mountain | NW 310° | 2,195 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:42 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:03 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:56 | 16:41 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 40 | 44 | 52 | 60 | 69 | 68 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
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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