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Stringtown Mountain

Stringtown Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Stringtown Mountain rises to 717 m in California. Quartz Hill stands 1,325 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is South Bidwell Hill, a peak 1.3 miles away.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49078867, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
717 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.52989, -121.39885

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 53
Waterfalls: 21
Museums: 10
Cliffs: 8
Ghost towns: 5
Nature reserves: 4
Attractions: 4
Historic sites: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Beaches: 3
Springs: 3
  • Hespol Memorial Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Oven Spring: 23.2 mi
  • Hog Spring: 23.9 mi
Gardens: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Stringtown Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quartz HillNE 54°1,325 m12.9 mi
Shute MountainNNE 25°1,255 m13.2 mi
Swain HillNE 55°1,248 m10.3 mi
Pompys PointNNE 34°1,214 m13.7 mi
Barton HillE 84°1,176 m14.3 mi
Big HillE 92°1,145 m13.3 mi
Pike County PeakESE 110°1,095 m11.1 mi
Mount HopeE 94°1,075 m10.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:18
June solstice05:3919:5720:37
September equinox06:5418:2919:04
December solstice07:2316:0316:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495257616875807873655549
Precip in5.85.64.72.21.40.60.00.10.41.32.85.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oroville, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 235598 — Stringtown Mountain, Butte County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358776665

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