Quartz Hill
Quartz Hill rises to 1,325 m in California. Red Mountain stands 1,935 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Swain Hill, a peak 2.6 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49066042, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,325 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Swain Hill: 2.6 mi
- Pompys Point: 4.9 mi
- Whiskey Hill: 5.5 mi
- Bald Rock Dome: 5.9 mi
- Shute Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Sycamore Creek Recreation Area: 11.7 mi
- Craig Recreation Area: 12.1 mi
- Foreman Creek Recreation Area: 14.3 mi
- Lake Oroville State Recreation Area: 14.5 mi
- Loafer Creek Recreation Area: 15.3 mi
- Feather Falls: 3.9 mi
- Curtain Falls: 5.7 mi
- Schirmer Cascade: 18.9 mi
- Hollow Falls: 18.9 mi
- Schirmer Falls: 19.0 mi
- Marble Cone: 10.6 mi
- Rocky Point: 18.2 mi
- Granite Point: 18.5 mi
- Elephant Butte: 18.5 mi
- Cape Horn: 19.7 mi
- Frank C. Reilly Museum: 12.0 mi
- bath house museum: 20.2 mi
- Butte County Historical Society Museum: 20.5 mi
- Pioneer History Museum: 20.5 mi
- Downieville Museum: 20.6 mi
- Jackies Orchard Spring: 21.4 mi
- Holden Spring: 22.1 mi
- Hespol Memorial Spring: 22.2 mi
- Willow Spring: 23.7 mi
- Oven Spring: 24.1 mi
- Purdon Crossing: 23.0 mi
- China Dam: 23.1 mi
- Emerald Pool: 23.1 mi
- Bridgeport Covered Bridge: 23.9 mi
- Edwards Crossing: 24.2 mi
- Convict Flat Picnic Site: 15.4 mi
- Sandy Point Day Use: 18.4 mi
- Tin Cup Diggins Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
- Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
- Overlook Point Picnic Area: 25.0 mi
- Beatson Corral: 20.0 mi
- Downie Chapter 1249: 20.6 mi
- World's First Long-Distance Telephone Line: 23.0 mi
- World Trade Center artifact: 24.0 mi
- North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company, California Registered Historical Landmark No. 852: 24.1 mi
- Brush: 11.6 mi
- Bidwell's Bar: 14.0 mi
- Bloomer: 15.4 mi
- North Bloomfield: 24.6 mi
- North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 19.9 mi
- Bucks Lake Wilderness: 22.2 mi
- Round Mountain Conservation Easement: 24.4 mi
- Collins Lake Beach: 22.0 mi
- Hoyt Crossing Nude Beach: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Quartz Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Mountain | N 1° | 1,935 m | 13.9 mi |
| Grass Valley Bald Mountain | NE 55° | 1,908 m | 14.2 mi |
| Table Mountain | NE 36° | 1,864 m | 11.4 mi |
| Dogwood Peak | NE 37° | 1,856 m | 12.7 mi |
| Fowler Peak | NE 50° | 1,843 m | 14.1 mi |
| Frenchman Hill | N 352° | 1,805 m | 15.0 mi |
| La Porte Bald Mountain | ENE 71° | 1,794 m | 12.5 mi |
| Mount Ararat | NNE 16° | 1,781 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:56 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:02 | 16:45 |
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 | 41 | 41 | 43 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 69 | 68 | 64 | 55 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.8 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 4.1 | 8.6 | 16.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Strawberry Valley 2, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358804068
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- Grass Valley · 30 mi
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