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Swain Hill

Swain Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Swain Hill rises to 1,248 m in California. Table Mountain stands 1,864 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Feather Falls, a waterfall 2.6 miles away.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49080366, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1248 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.61628, -121.24079

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 35
Waterfalls: 21
Cliffs: 11
Museums: 9
Springs: 7
  • Hespol Memorial Spring: 20.6 mi
  • Jackies Orchard Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Holden Spring: 22.4 mi
  • Oven Spring: 23.3 mi
  • Willow Spring: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Picnic sites: 6
  • Convict Flat Picnic Site: 16.6 mi
  • Collins Lake Group Picnic Area #1: 20.0 mi
  • Sandy Point Day Use: 20.1 mi
  • Tin Cup Diggins Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
  • Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
Attractions: 6
Historic sites: 5
  • Beatson Corral: 17.7 mi
  • World's First Long-Distance Telephone Line: 21.8 mi
  • World Trade Center artifact: 22.0 mi
  • Downie Chapter 1249: 22.3 mi
  • North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company, California Registered Historical Landmark No. 852: 24.4 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Beaches: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Swain Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Table MountainNE 39°1,864 m13.8 mi
Dogwood PeakNE 40°1,856 m15.2 mi
La Porte Bald MountainENE 68°1,794 m15.0 mi
Mount AraratNNE 22°1,781 m15.2 mi
Lexington HillENE 71°1,757 m13.0 mi
Franklin HillNNE 33°1,743 m12.6 mi
Camel PeakNE 46°1,737 m10.3 mi
Big PeakNE 43°1,686 m10.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4219:17
June solstice05:3819:5620:37
September equinox06:5318:2819:04
December solstice07:2316:0216:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414143475562696864554640
Precip in14.713.712.86.44.01.20.00.20.54.18.616.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Strawberry Valley 2, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1656349 — Swain Hill, Butte County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358804186

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