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Swayne Hill

Swayne Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Swayne Hill rises to 835 m in California. Red Mountain stands 1,935 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Brush, a ghost town 1.8 miles away.

The story

Mountain in California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49080442, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
835 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.72266, -121.40330

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 18
Museums: 17
Historic sites: 7
  • Beatson Corral: 12.8 mi
  • World Trade Center artifact: 14.2 mi
  • IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013: 21.5 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 21.6 mi
  • Phagna Norapamok Memorial: 23.1 mi
Artworks: 7
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 4
Picnic sites: 4
Nature reserves: 3

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Swayne Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red MountainNE1,935 m13.6 mi
Frenchman HillNE1,805 m12.6 mi
Grizzly SummitNE1,778 m11.5 mi
Duffey DomeNNE1,684 m10.0 mi
Soapstone HillNE1,670 m9.4 mi
Glazer PointENE1,645 m9.9 mi
Oak PointNNW1,617 m14.5 mi
Grizzly DomeNNE1,501 m10.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:18
June solstice05:3919:5720:38
September equinox06:5418:2919:04
December solstice07:2416:0216:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F474953576473797874645347
Precip in10.210.18.34.62.30.80.00.20.42.85.511.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paradise, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 268012 — Swayne Hill, Butte County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358800191

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