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Wild Yankee Hill

Wild Yankee Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Wild Yankee Hill rises to 811 m in California. Grizzly Summit stands 1,778 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Brush, a ghost town 2.1 miles away.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49089948, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
811 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.66711, -121.41441

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Waterfalls: 21
Museums: 16
Historic sites: 7
  • Beatson Corral: 9.9 mi
  • World Trade Center artifact: 12.7 mi
  • IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013: 21.3 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 21.8 mi
  • Phagna Norapamok Memorial: 22.9 mi
Artworks: 7
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Gardens: 4
Nature reserves: 3
Springs: 2
  • Hespol Memorial Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Hog Spring: 18.2 mi
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Wild Yankee Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grizzly SummitNNE 30°1,778 m15.1 mi
Duffey DomeNNE 23°1,684 m13.7 mi
Soapstone HillNNE 28°1,670 m13.0 mi
Glazer PointNE 49°1,645 m12.5 mi
Grizzly DomeNNE 15°1,501 m14.7 mi
Bear Ranch HillNNE 12°1,455 m12.6 mi
Little Marble ConeENE 61°1,421 m11.6 mi
Whiskey HillENE 73°1,418 m12.0 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 solstice07:2416:0316:45

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, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 269086 — Wild Yankee Hill, Butte County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358800625

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