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Prospect Hill

Prospect Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Prospect Hill rises to 1,116 m in California. English Peak stands 2,229 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away.

The story

mountain in Siskiyou County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49064168, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1116 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.39151, -123.55145

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 6
Cliffs: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Big Tree: 24.0 mi
  • Corkscrew Tree: 24.1 mi
  • Elk Viewing: 24.5 mi
  • Prairie Creek Visitor Center: 24.5 mi
Historic sites: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Ishi Pishi Falls: 2.8 mi
Parks: 1
  • H E Beck Junior Memorial Branch: 5.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
Museums: 1
  • Hoopa Valley Museum: 23.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
English PeakE 88°2,229 m17.5 mi
Marble MountainNE 55°2,131 m21.4 mi
Elk PeakNE 52°2,112 m19.9 mi
Salmon MountainSSE 153°2,106 m16.1 mi
Crapo MountainE 99°2,103 m17.4 mi
Medicine MountainENE 59°2,083 m14.0 mi
Pigeon RoostNE 50°1,958 m17.7 mi
North Trinity MountainS 170°1,932 m20.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5019:27
June solstice05:4220:1020:52
September equinox07:0218:3719:13
December solstice07:3816:0416:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434751566268747369594943
Precip in9.46.96.44.02.20.90.20.10.83.56.810.5

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 265049 — Prospect Hill, Siskiyou County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358799245

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