Squat Hill
Squat Hill rises to 343 m in California. Avawatz Mountains stands 1,876 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Hanks Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 36 miles off. 55 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49077149, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 343 m
How to reach it
- 35.8 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
55 named places within 25 miles
- Hanks Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Nickel Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Otto Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Little Cowhole Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Chocolate Drop: 6.5 mi
- Mesquite Spring: 2.0 mi
- MC Spring: 7.2 mi
- Zzyzx Spring: 7.5 mi
- Spring (Alkali): 8.8 mi
- Henry Spring: 12.8 mi
- Rasor Ranch: 11.0 mi
- Abandoned gas station: 13.5 mi
- Abandoned Restaurant: 13.5 mi
- Buried Boxcars: 19.8 mi
- Mojave phone booth: 22.0 mi
- World's Tallest Thermometer: 1.7 mi
- Travelers Monument: 7.8 mi
- Silver Lake: 9.3 mi
- Crucero: 14.5 mi
- Aikens Arch: 18.1 mi
- Natural Arch: 24.9 mi
- Chet Hoffman Park: 2.4 mi
- Seventeenmile Point: 10.1 mi
- Mojave Megaphone: 17.8 mi
- Valley Wells Rest Area: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Squat Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avawatz Mountains | NW 322° | 1,876 m | 23.9 mi |
| Club Peak | ENE 74° | 1,508 m | 17.8 mi |
| Bull Spring Mountain | NE 36° | 1,487 m | 19.5 mi |
| Kelso Peak | ESE 116° | 1,447 m | 21.6 mi |
| Button Mountain | E 79° | 1,412 m | 20.6 mi |
| Turquoise Mountain | NNE 32° | 1,372 m | 15.8 mi |
| Solomons Knob | NE 45° | 1,364 m | 18.0 mi |
| Negro Head | NE 51° | 1,315 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:25 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:09 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 15:57 | 16:36 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 78 | 88 | 94 | 92 | 84 | 71 | 57 | 48 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baker, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358816012
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