Swain Hill
Swain Hill rises to 274 m in California. Pike County Peak stands 1,095 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarloaf, a peak 2.6 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Butte County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49080364, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 274 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugarloaf: 2.6 mi
- Lafferty Peak: 2.6 mi
- Johnson Peak: 2.8 mi
- Donovan Hill: 3.0 mi
- Parks Hill: 3.0 mi
- Collins Lake Recreation Area: 4.4 mi
- Palermo Park: 9.1 mi
- Loafer Creek Recreation Area: 11.7 mi
- Lake Wildwood Community Center: 13.0 mi
- Commodore Park: 13.0 mi
- Schirmer Cascade: 16.8 mi
- Schirmer Falls: 17.1 mi
- Coon Falls: 17.4 mi
- Ranch Falls: 18.0 mi
- Crevice Falls: 18.1 mi
- Bridgeport Museum and Visitor Center: 12.1 mi
- Butte County Historical Society Museum: 13.2 mi
- bath house museum: 13.5 mi
- Pioneer History Museum: 13.5 mi
- C F Lott Historic Home: 13.6 mi
- World's First Long-Distance Telephone Line: 13.4 mi
- Northrop T-38 A Talon: 16.0 mi
- Airplane: 16.1 mi
- Lockheed U2 Monument: 16.9 mi
- WWII German Prisoner of War Cell Block: 18.1 mi
- Lower Yuba River: 11.5 mi
- Black Swan Preserve: 12.2 mi
- Oroville Wildlife Management Area: 13.1 mi
- North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 18.4 mi
- Burton Homestead Preserve: 20.8 mi
- Bridgeport Covered Bridge: 12.1 mi
- Purdon Crossing: 19.3 mi
- China Dam: 20.0 mi
- Emerald Pool: 20.1 mi
- Bourn Cottage: 21.7 mi
- Bidwell's Bar: 13.9 mi
- Chandon: 14.1 mi
- Hamilton: 14.2 mi
- Bloomer: 19.0 mi
- Brush: 23.4 mi
- Collins Lake Beach: 4.7 mi
- Pine Island Beach: 13.4 mi
- Hoyt Crossing Nude Beach: 17.8 mi
- Johnsons Bluff: 10.9 mi
- Rocky Point: 15.5 mi
- Granite Point: 16.2 mi
- Oven Spring: 17.8 mi
- Jackies Orchard Spring: 23.9 mi
- Holden Spring: 24.9 mi
- Toride Japan Sister City Garden: 19.3 mi
- Nisenan Garden: 21.0 mi
- Bourn Gardens: 21.7 mi
- Eagle: 16.7 mi
- Overlook Point Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Swain Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pike County Peak | NE 53° | 1,095 m | 13.5 mi |
| Mount Hope | NE 43° | 1,075 m | 15.5 mi |
| Oregon Peak | E 80° | 1,047 m | 12.4 mi |
| Sunset Hill | NNE 26° | 1,006 m | 12.8 mi |
| Fountain House Hill | ENE 72° | 982 m | 11.6 mi |
| Weiss Hill | NNE 28° | 975 m | 10.9 mi |
| Summit Hill | ENE 75° | 960 m | 13.1 mi |
| Kanaka Peak | NNE 19° | 920 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:56 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:04 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 47 | 51 | 54 | 61 | 69 | 75 | 75 | 70 | 61 | 51 | 45 |
| Precip in | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 8.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dobbins 1 S, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 235857 — Swain Hill, Butte County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358776912
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- Grass Valley · 21 mi
- Colfax · 30 mi
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