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Quartz Hill

Quartz Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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
1325 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.63822, -121.20163

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 36
Waterfalls: 21
Cliffs: 11
Museums: 11
Springs: 7
  • 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
Picnic sites: 6
  • Convict Flat Picnic Site: 15.4 mi
  • Sandy Point Day Use: 18.4 mi
  • Tin Cup Diggins Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
  • Collins Lake Group Picnic Area #1: 22.0 mi
  • Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
Attractions: 6
Ghost towns: 5
Historic sites: 5
  • 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
Beaches: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Quartz Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red MountainN 1°1,935 m13.9 mi
Grass Valley Bald MountainNE 55°1,908 m14.2 mi
Table MountainNE 36°1,864 m11.4 mi
Dogwood PeakNE 37°1,856 m12.7 mi
Fowler PeakNE 50°1,843 m14.1 mi
Frenchman HillN 352°1,805 m15.0 mi
La Porte Bald MountainENE 71°1,794 m12.5 mi
Mount AraratNNE 16°1,781 m13.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4219:17
June solstice05:3819:5620:37
September equinox06:5318:2819:03
December solstice07:2316:0216:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414143475562696864554640
Precip in14.713.712.86.44.01.20.00.20.54.18.616.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Strawberry Valley 2, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358804068

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