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Prospect Hill

Prospect Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Prospect Hill rises to 609 m in California. Baltic Peak stands 1,541 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Shenandoah Valley Museum, a museum 1.1 miles away.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49064166, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
609 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.53157, -120.78827

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites: 24
  • Keystone Mine: 8.1 mi
  • Massa Tunnel: 11.5 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 1: 11.6 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 2: 11.6 mi
  • Flume Tressel Piers: 11.6 mi
Museums: 22
Attractions: 9
  • The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown: 7.2 mi
  • Historic Joseph H. Thomas House: 8.0 mi
  • Twin Bridges Swimming Hole: 8.0 mi
  • Sutter Gold Mine: 8.5 mi
  • Black Chasm Cavern: 11.1 mi
Springs: 7
  • Spanish Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Marble Springs: 11.3 mi
  • Liddicoat Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Canzatti Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Sugar Spring: 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
  • A Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
  • B Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
  • C Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
  • "Love Comes Softly" movie set: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Pecker Falls: 16.6 mi
  • Rock Creek: 18.3 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 22.8 mi
  • Leete Falls: 23.3 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Beaches: 4
  • Pit Stop Beach: 20.9 mi
  • Horse Shoe Hill Shore: 23.5 mi
  • Moot Rock Beach: 23.5 mi
  • Laurel Beach: 23.6 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Sherwood Demonstration Garden: 14.1 mi
  • F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 24.5 mi
  • Pheonix Community Garden: 24.9 mi
Cliffs: 3

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baltic PeakNE 53°1,541 m18.5 mi
Big MountainENE 78°1,395 m15.6 mi
Lincoln HillENE 60°1,379 m17.9 mi
Big ButteNE 51°1,306 m15.9 mi
Hope MountainNE 53°1,281 m16.8 mi
Middle ButteNE 52°1,260 m15.8 mi
Sunday RidgeENE 58°1,233 m15.8 mi
Mount CrossmanESE 108°1,184 m14.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:4019:5220:31
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:1816:0416:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475052566371787773655447
Precip in6.15.74.92.81.70.40.00.00.21.73.15.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sutter Hill CDF, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1656234 — Prospect Hill, Amador County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358804060

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