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Red Hill

Red Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Red Hill rises to 1,402 m in California. Lyons Peak stands 2,398 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Porcupine Butte, a peak 2.7 miles away.

The story

Mountain in Siskiyou County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5570097.

Wikidata Q49067295, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,402 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.41822, -121.55249

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Natural arches: 13
  • Heppe Bridge: 19.4 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 19.7 mi
  • Ovis Bridge: 19.8 mi
  • Brushy Bridge: 20.1 mi
  • Venetian Bridge: 20.2 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Freudian System Cave: 6.8 mi
  • Hidden Valley: 18.9 mi
  • Garden Bridges: 20.2 mi
  • Fleener Chimneys: 23.5 mi
  • Black Crater: 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Doorknob Snowmobile park: 17.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Deer Springs: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Red Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakNNE2,398 m11.4 mi
Mount HoffmanN2,397 m13.3 mi
Red Shale ButteN2,381 m11.3 mi
Glass MountainN2,316 m12.9 mi
Medicine MountainNNW2,295 m10.5 mi
Badger PeakNNW2,236 m13.1 mi
Little Mount HoffmanNNW2,197 m12.4 mi
Red Cap MountainNW2,147 m13.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:19
June solstice05:3420:0220:44
September equinox06:5418:2919:05
December solstice07:3015:5616:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333540445260696862513932
Precip in1.62.11.91.31.41.00.40.30.40.81.51.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lava Beds NAT MON, 20 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358799342

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