Peak · California
Rocky Hill
Rocky Hill rises to 472 m in California. Homer's Nose stands 2,734 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Badger Hill, a peak 1.3 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 472 m
How to reach it
Coordinates36.28717, -119.08538
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Badger Hill: 1.3 mi
- Lindsay Peak: 3.3 mi
- Rocky Hills: 7.2 mi
- Wutchumna Hill: 7.5 mi
- Potato Hill: 8.2 mi
Parks
- Lincoln Park: 3.0 mi
- Unger Park: 3.8 mi
- Schroth Park: 4.0 mi
- Harvard Park: 5.2 mi
- Lindsay Plaza Park: 5.8 mi
Springs: 24
- Gassenberg Spring: 4.5 mi
- Indian Painting Spring: 15.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 15.4 mi
- Indian Spring: 15.8 mi
- Dudley Spring: 16.3 mi
Museums: 6
- ImagineU Children's Museum: 11.6 mi
- Tulare County Museum: 12.5 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 15.2 mi
- Porterville Historical Museum: 15.4 mi
- Tulare Historical Museum: 16.0 mi
Nature reserves: 3
- Dry Creek Preserve: 10.3 mi
- Homer Ranch Preserve: 13.0 mi
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 16.7 mi
Attractions: 3
- Tulare County Fairgrounds: 15.5 mi
- Preston's Pride: 16.5 mi
- Tunnel Rock: 21.2 mi
Historic sites: 3
- John Ferrington Memorial: 17.4 mi
- Treaty of 1851: 17.6 mi
- Old Ranger Station: 23.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
- Sunset Point Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 23.7 mi
Artworks: 2
- World's Largest Olive: 5.8 mi
- End of Trail Statue: 12.7 mi
Gardens: 2
- Bravo Lake Botanical Garden: 8.7 mi
- Ralph S. Moore Rose Garden: 12.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Marble Falls: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Rocky Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homer's Nose | ENE 71° | 2,734 m | 20.5 mi |
| Dennison Mountain | E 83° | 2,645 m | 19.0 mi |
| Dennison Peak | E 88° | 2,226 m | 18.1 mi |
| Case Mountain | ENE 61° | 2,073 m | 17.9 mi |
| Milk Ranch Peak | NE 51° | 1,904 m | 21.7 mi |
| Ash Peaks | NE 39° | 1,709 m | 21.4 mi |
| Grouse Peak | ENE 78° | 1,621 m | 15.1 mi |
| Frys Point | NE 41° | 1,382 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:40 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:06 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 56 | 61 | 68 | 74 | 80 | 79 | 74 | 64 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lindsay, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 248309 — Rocky Hill, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358791255
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