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Tunnel Hill

Tunnel Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Tunnel Hill rises to 438 m in California. Devils Nose stands 1,445 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Gold Ridge Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49085203, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
438 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.33908, -120.75855

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Museums: 16
  • Amador County Museum: 1.1 mi
  • Change House Museum and Gift Shop: 2.3 mi
  • Knight Foundry: 4.4 mi
  • Monteverde Store Museum: 4.5 mi
  • Amador Whitney Museum: 6.5 mi
Attractions: 13
  • Kennedy Gold Mine: 2.3 mi
  • Sutter Gold Mine: 5.7 mi
  • Historic Joseph H. Thomas House: 6.6 mi
  • The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown: 8.6 mi
  • Black Chasm Cavern: 9.6 mi
Historic sites: 11
  • Tailing Wheel No. 3: 1.9 mi
  • Flume Tressel Piers: 1.9 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 2: 2.0 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 1: 2.0 mi
  • Massa Tunnel: 2.0 mi
Springs: 8
  • Spanish Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Canzatti Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Marble Springs: 17.3 mi
  • Liddicoat Spring: 18.3 mi
  • Sugar Spring: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • A Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
  • B Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
  • C Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
Gardens: 1
  • F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 11.5 mi
Beaches: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 24.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Tunnel Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Devils NoseENE 65°1,445 m20.2 mi
Bald MountainENE 72°1,247 m17.9 mi
Mount CrossmanNE 54°1,184 m15.0 mi
Round MountainNNE 29°1,063 m15.8 mi
Cement HillNNE 27°1,018 m17.2 mi
Fort MountainE 89°999 m15.4 mi
Mount ZionENE 59°899 m6.8 mi
Mineral MountainESE 122°856 m19.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:4019:5120:31
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:1716:0516:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475052566371787773655447
Precip in6.15.74.92.81.70.40.00.00.21.73.15.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sutter Hill CDF, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 236631 — Tunnel Hill, Amador County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358777533

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