Swain Hill
Swain Hill rises to 1,248 m in California. Red Mountain stands 1,935 m to the north, 16 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
- 1,248 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Quartz Hill: 2.6 mi
- Kanaka Peak: 4.1 mi
- Bald Rock Dome: 4.6 mi
- Island Bar Hill: 5.0 mi
- Little Bald Rock: 5.5 mi
- Sycamore Creek Recreation Area: 9.2 mi
- Craig Recreation Area: 9.6 mi
- Foreman Creek Recreation Area: 11.9 mi
- Lake Oroville State Recreation Area: 12.0 mi
- Loafer Creek Recreation Area: 12.7 mi
- Feather Falls: 2.6 mi
- Curtain Falls: 4.7 mi
- Schirmer Cascade: 16.5 mi
- Schirmer Falls: 16.6 mi
- Hollow Falls: 16.7 mi
- Marble Cone: 12.8 mi
- Rocky Point: 17.5 mi
- Granite Point: 17.8 mi
- Cape Horn: 18.2 mi
- Elephant Butte: 19.1 mi
- Frank C. Reilly Museum: 14.4 mi
- bath house museum: 17.7 mi
- Butte County Historical Society Museum: 18.0 mi
- Pioneer History Museum: 18.0 mi
- Oroville Chinese Temple: 18.5 mi
- 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
- Purdon Crossing: 22.5 mi
- Bridgeport Covered Bridge: 22.5 mi
- China Dam: 22.6 mi
- Emerald Pool: 22.7 mi
- Edwards Crossing: 24.0 mi
- Brush: 10.4 mi
- Bidwell's Bar: 11.4 mi
- Bloomer: 13.3 mi
- Hamilton: 24.0 mi
- North Bloomfield: 25.0 mi
- Convict Flat Picnic Site: 16.6 mi
- Sandy Point Day Use: 20.1 mi
- Tin Cup Diggins Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
- Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Overlook Point Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
- 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
- North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 17.6 mi
- Oroville Wildlife Management Area: 22.6 mi
- Bucks Lake Wilderness: 23.9 mi
- Round Mountain Conservation Easement: 24.1 mi
- Collins Lake Beach: 20.0 mi
- Hoyt Crossing Nude Beach: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Swain Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Mountain | N 9° | 1,935 m | 15.6 mi |
| Table Mountain | NE 39° | 1,864 m | 13.8 mi |
| Dogwood Peak | NE 40° | 1,856 m | 15.2 mi |
| La Porte Bald Mountain | ENE 68° | 1,794 m | 15.0 mi |
| Mount Ararat | NNE 22° | 1,781 m | 15.2 mi |
| Lexington Hill | ENE 71° | 1,757 m | 13.0 mi |
| Franklin Hill | NNE 33° | 1,743 m | 12.6 mi |
| Camel Peak | NE 46° | 1,737 m | 10.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:56 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:02 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 41 | 43 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 69 | 68 | 64 | 55 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.8 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 4.1 | 8.6 | 16.3 |
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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- Grass Valley · 29 mi
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