The High Rocks
The High Rocks rises to 465 m in California. Big Bar Mountain stands 1,332 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Schirmer Cascade, a waterfall 1.6 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49082447, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 465 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Bloomer Primitive Recreation Area: 2.6 mi
- Potters Ravine Recreation Area: 2.6 mi
- Foreman Creek Recreation Area: 3.2 mi
- Lake Oroville State Recreation Area: 3.8 mi
- Kelly Ridge Recreation Area: 4.3 mi
- Monte de Oro: 2.3 mi
- South Table Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Sycamore Hill: 3.5 mi
- Sugarloaf: 3.7 mi
- North Table Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Schirmer Cascade: 1.6 mi
- Schirmer Falls: 1.6 mi
- Hollow Falls: 1.8 mi
- Little Hollow Falls: 2.0 mi
- Ravine Twin Falls: 2.3 mi
- bath house museum: 4.9 mi
- Pioneer History Museum: 5.1 mi
- Butte County Historical Society Museum: 5.3 mi
- Oroville Chinese Temple: 5.4 mi
- C F Lott Historic Home: 5.7 mi
- Beatson Corral: 2.7 mi
- World Trade Center artifact: 8.2 mi
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013: 18.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 19.5 mi
- Phagna Norapamok Memorial: 19.6 mi
- Downtown Kaleidoscope: 19.8 mi
- Wildcat Sculpture: 19.8 mi
- Monoliths: 19.9 mi
- Three Sisters: 19.9 mi
- Steel "Sculpture": 19.9 mi
- Bloomer: 3.1 mi
- Bidwell's Bar: 4.7 mi
- Brush: 9.8 mi
- Hamilton: 11.0 mi
- Chandon: 20.2 mi
- Cape Horn: 8.9 mi
- Clarenback Point: 9.6 mi
- East China Point: 19.9 mi
- Elephant Butte: 21.8 mi
- Marble Cone: 24.6 mi
- Hespol Memorial Spring: 9.6 mi
- Hog Spring: 16.5 mi
- Colyear Springs: 21.0 mi
- Chico Seed Orchard: 16.3 mi
- Mary Lemcke Camellia Garden: 19.9 mi
- George Petersen Rose Garden: 19.9 mi
- North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 2.7 mi
- Oroville Wildlife Management Area: 10.0 mi
- Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Five Mile: 18.9 mi
- Collins Lake Beach: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of The High Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bar Mountain | NNE 21° | 1,332 m | 14.2 mi |
| Quartz Hill | ENE 78° | 1,325 m | 17.4 mi |
| Flea Mountain | N 9° | 1,299 m | 17.0 mi |
| Sky High | NE 53° | 1,275 m | 16.8 mi |
| Shute Mountain | NE 56° | 1,255 m | 14.6 mi |
| Swain Hill | E 82° | 1,248 m | 15.1 mi |
| Hungary Hunt Peak | NNE 20° | 1,227 m | 13.2 mi |
| Pompys Point | ENE 62° | 1,214 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:57 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:03 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 57 | 61 | 68 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 73 | 65 | 55 | 49 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oroville, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358777186
Day trips start here
- Chico · 20 mi
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