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Rocky Hills

Rocky Hills, seen from above at true elevation

Rocky Hills rises to 396 m in California. North Maggie Mountain stands 3,119 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Lindsay Peak, a peak 4.1 miles away.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49069103, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
396 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.20523, -119.00621

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Springs: 22
  • Gassenberg Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Soda Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Ward Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 17.6 mi
Museums: 5
  • Porterville Historical Museum: 9.4 mi
  • Tulare County Museum: 17.7 mi
  • Three Rivers Historical Museum: 17.8 mi
  • ImagineU Children's Museum: 17.9 mi
  • Tulare Historical Museum: 19.4 mi
Nature reserves: 3
  • McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 11.4 mi
  • Dry Creek Preserve: 15.5 mi
  • Homer Ranch Preserve: 18.3 mi
Attractions: 3
Artworks: 2
  • World's Largest Olive: 5.5 mi
  • End of Trail Statue: 17.8 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Treaty of 1851: 10.5 mi
  • John Ferrington Memorial: 10.9 mi
Gardens: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
  • Sunset Point Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cholollo Falls: 22.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Rocky Hills. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Maggie MountainENE 76°3,119 m21.1 mi
Sheep MountainENE 71°3,061 m22.4 mi
Maggie MountainE 79°3,046 m22.0 mi
Moses MountainENE 74°2,820 m18.8 mi
Cahoon RockNE 56°2,798 m21.3 mi
Homer's NoseNE 50°2,734 m19.4 mi
Dennison MountainENE 61°2,645 m16.5 mi
Dennison PeakENE 65°2,226 m15.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3419:08
June solstice05:4019:3920:17
September equinox06:4518:2118:54
December solstice07:0416:0616:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 248312 — Rocky Hills, Tulare County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358791258

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