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Red Hill

Red Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Red Hill rises to 376 m in California. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Hammock Hill, a peak 2.6 miles away.

About

The story

mountain in Marin County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5386529

Wikidata Q49067272, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
376 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.15020, -122.67915
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Stafford Lake Bike Park: 2.9 mi
  • Stafford Lake Park: 3.0 mi
  • Bowman Canyon Open Space Preserve: 3.6 mi
  • Dogbone Meadow Park: 3.9 mi
  • Private Open Space: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions: 60
  • Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds: 6.9 mi
  • Kule Loklo: 9.9 mi
  • Point Reyes Shipwrecks: 10.0 mi
  • Leo T. Cronin Fish Viewing Area: 10.2 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 14.3 mi
Museums: 51
Picnic sites: 49
Beaches: 49
Gardens: 37
  • McNear Community Gardens: 5.7 mi
  • Indian Valley Organic Farm and Garden: 7.2 mi
  • TRACEN Community Gardens: 9.1 mi
  • San Geronimo Valley Community Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Miles McKey Meditation Garden: 10.8 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Buck Gulch Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Stairstep Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Roy's Riffles: 9.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Little Carson Falls: 12.6 mi
Springs: 9
Lighthouses: 7
Cliffs: 5
Natural arches: 3
  • Temple: 13.5 mi
  • Keyhole: 13.5 mi
  • Bird Island Arch: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 18.4 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Red Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakSSE 160°784 m16.2 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakSSE 164°778 m16.3 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakSSE 162°744 m16.2 mi
Sonoma MountainNNE 25°697 m13.2 mi
Twin KnollsS 170°597 m16.1 mi
Big Rock RidgeSSE 147°575 m7.5 mi
Pine MountainS 173°543 m12.0 mi
Loma AltaSSE 157°484 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
June solstice05:4919:5820:38
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:2416:1316:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485153566064676767625448
Precip in4.85.23.31.70.90.30.00.00.11.32.75.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petaluma AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 231330 — Red Hill, Marin County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358773290

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