Scratch Hill
Scratch Hill rises to 1,334 m in California. Needham Mountain stands 3,816 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Spring, a spring 1.5 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,334 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Dennison Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Grouse Peak: 2.8 mi
- Cahoon Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Homer's Nose: 3.3 mi
- Dennison Peak: 3.5 mi
- Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 9.8 mi
- Slick Rock Recreation Area: 10.2 mi
- Horse Creek Recreation Area: 10.6 mi
- Lake Kaweah Recreation Area: 11.9 mi
- Kaweah Recreation Area: 12.5 mi
- Big Spring: 1.5 mi
- Crystal Spring: 10.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 11.5 mi
- Soda Spring: 12.0 mi
- Doyle Springs: 12.1 mi
- Tunnel Rock: 11.0 mi
- Hanging Rock: 14.0 mi
- Buttress Tree: 14.1 mi
- Parker Group: 14.1 mi
- Tunnel Log: 14.2 mi
- Tufa Falls: 11.8 mi
- Panther Creek Falls: 13.6 mi
- Upper Cliff Creek Falls: 13.9 mi
- Lower Cliff Creek Falls: 14.0 mi
- Marble Falls: 14.3 mi
- Alles Cabin: 9.9 mi
- Crabtree Cabin: 11.3 mi
- Empire Mill Ruins: 12.5 mi
- Walkers Cabin: 13.4 mi
- Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 14.3 mi
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- Sunset Point Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 12.0 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Dry Creek Preserve: 15.3 mi
- Homer Ranch Preserve: 16.4 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 10.0 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 15.1 mi
- Porterville Historical Museum: 23.5 mi
- Valhalla: 18.7 mi
- Window Cliffs: 22.4 mi
- Natural Arch: 22.1 mi
- Natural Bridge: 22.2 mi
- Bravo Lake Botanical Garden: 18.4 mi
- World's Largest Olive: 20.9 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Scratch Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Needham Mountain | ENE 60° | 3,816 m | 15.1 mi |
| Florence Peak | ENE 72° | 3,789 m | 13.0 mi |
| Sawtooth Peak | ENE 58° | 3,759 m | 14.2 mi |
| Bullfrog Peak | ENE 76° | 3,755 m | 12.9 mi |
| Mount Eisen | NE 47° | 3,714 m | 15.5 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | ENE 67° | 3,656 m | 13.5 mi |
| Vandever Mountain | ENE 71° | 3,636 m | 11.2 mi |
| North Sawtooth Peak | NE 56° | 3,623 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:39 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:04 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 50 | 54 | 58 | 66 | 75 | 81 | 80 | 75 | 64 | 53 | 47 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Three Rivers Edison PH 1, 10 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358804381
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