Thunder Hill
Thunder Hill rises to 1,824 m in California. The Three Chimneys stands 3,012 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Shumake Knoll, a peak 1.9 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 4.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49083570, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1824 m
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Liberty Vista Point · 9 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shumake Knoll: 1.9 mi
- McKee Hill: 3.1 mi
- Repeater Hill: 3.4 mi
- Liberty Hill: 6.9 mi
- Crandall Peak: 8.9 mi
- Burnt Corral Spring: 2.3 mi
- Cottage Spring: 4.7 mi
- Million Dollar Spring: 4.9 mi
- Oak Leaf Spring: 5.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 5.8 mi
- Tuolumne State Game Refuge: 4.1 mi
- White Pines Park: 9.3 mi
- Leach Field: 11.8 mi
- Salt Springs State Game Refuge: 15.7 mi
- Brownsville State Historic Landmark: 18.0 mi
- Big Stump: 7.3 mi
- Campfire Center: 7.3 mi
- Murphys Pokey: 18.9 mi
- Mercer Caverns: 19.0 mi
- California Caverns: 19.1 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park Visitor Center: 7.3 mi
- Sierra Nevada Logging Museum: 9.4 mi
- Columbia Museum: 21.3 mi
- Tuolumne City Memorial Museum: 22.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial Military Museum: 23.7 mi
- Strawberry: 10.6 mi
- Murphys: 18.7 mi
- Grumman TS-2A Tracker: 22.0 mi
- Vallecito Western Mine: 22.3 mi
- Springfield Armory/School/Store: 22.4 mi
- Oak Leaf: 5.5 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 16.0 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 16.7 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- McKays Point: 7.2 mi
- Bloods Point: 14.0 mi
- Calaveras Dome: 14.3 mi
- East Flange Rock: 22.0 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 5.3 mi
- Carson-Iceberg Wilderness: 24.8 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 11.7 mi
- Beach 1: 11.7 mi
- Beach 2: 11.9 mi
- Peep Sight: 22.4 mi
- Natural Bridge: 23.0 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 11.6 mi
- Jawbone Falls: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Thunder Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Three Chimneys | E 96° | 3,012 m | 20.3 mi |
| Castle Rock | E 98° | 2,936 m | 18.4 mi |
| Cooper Peak | E 100° | 2,913 m | 17.4 mi |
| Dardanelles Cone | ENE 63° | 2,905 m | 18.3 mi |
| Bull Run Peak | NE 49° | 2,893 m | 20.1 mi |
| Eagle Peak | E 92° | 2,856 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mokelumne Peak | NNE 14° | 2,837 m | 18.0 mi |
| Burst Rock | ESE 109° | 2,781 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:49 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
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 | 38 | 38 | 40 | 45 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 10.6 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 9.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Calaveras BIG Trees, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 268265 — Thunder Hill, Tuolumne County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358800377
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