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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 MountainENE3,119 m21.1 mi
Sheep MountainENE3,061 m22.4 mi
Maggie MountainE3,046 m22.0 mi
Moses MountainENE2,820 m18.8 mi
Cahoon RockNE2,798 m21.3 mi
Jordan PeakE2,774 m22.8 mi
Homer's NoseNE2,734 m19.4 mi
Dennison MountainENE2,645 m16.5 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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