Ricketts Hill
Ricketts Hill rises to 1,385 m in California. Blacks Mountain stands 2,222 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Clara Bieber Memorial Park, a park 4.0 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49068492, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,385 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Dixon Hill: 4.7 mi
- Taylor Knob: 5.9 mi
- Second Butte: 6.0 mi
- First Butte: 6.1 mi
- Third Butte: 6.3 mi
- Clara Bieber Memorial Park: 4.0 mi
- Ash Creek Wildlife Area: 10.1 mi
- Hayden Hill-Silva Flat State Game Refuge: 11.7 mi
- Adin park: 14.5 mi
- Fall River Lions Community Park: 14.8 mi
- Beaver Creek Rim: 10.3 mi
- Butte Creek Rim: 17.9 mi
- The Cliffs: 18.5 mi
- Hat Creek Rim: 22.0 mi
- Noble Bluff: 23.5 mi
- Young Falls: 7.8 mi
- Pit River Falls: 16.7 mi
- Site of the First School in Fall River Valley: 8.6 mi
- Lockhart Ferry: 14.9 mi
- Hat Creek Radio Observatory: 23.4 mi
- "Stand by Me" Bridge: 23.5 mi
- Fort Crook Museum: 15.0 mi
- Dutch Flat Wildlife Area: 17.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Ricketts Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blacks Mountain | S 183° | 2,222 m | 20.5 mi |
| Patterson Mountain | S 173° | 2,097 m | 22.2 mi |
| Lava Peak | SE 139° | 1,990 m | 22.2 mi |
| Horsehead Mountain | NE 44° | 1,988 m | 23.7 mi |
| Spring Hill | ESE 109° | 1,955 m | 18.9 mi |
| Sheephead Mountain | SE 131° | 1,944 m | 23.4 mi |
| Fox Mountain | NNE 28° | 1,943 m | 15.2 mi |
| Widow Mountain | NW 314° | 1,928 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:41 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:00 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:56 | 16:40 |
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 | 36 | 38 | 42 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 70 | 68 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Adin RS, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 231559 — Ricketts Hill, Lassen County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358773542
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