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Rocky Hill

Rocky Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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
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: 25
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
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
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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Homer's NoseENE 71°2,734 m20.5 mi
Dennison MountainE 83°2,645 m19.0 mi
Dennison PeakE 88°2,226 m18.1 mi
Case MountainENE 61°2,073 m17.9 mi
Milk Ranch PeakNE 51°1,904 m21.7 mi
Ash PeaksNE 39°1,709 m21.4 mi
Grouse PeakENE 78°1,621 m15.1 mi
Frys PointNE 41°1,382 m20.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3519:08
June solstice05:4019:4020:18
September equinox06:4518:2118:55
December solstice07:0516:0616:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475156616874807974645447
Precip in2.22.22.01.20.50.10.10.00.10.71.11.9

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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