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Williams Hill

Williams Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Williams Hill rises to 846 m in California. Smith Mountain stands 1,188 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Jackson Hill, a peak 5.2 miles away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 passes 22 miles off. 126 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.

About

The story

Mountain in California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49090157, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
846 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.95164, -121.00158

Overlooks nearby

Around it

126 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 57
Parks: 25
  • San Antonio Reservoir Recreation Area: 7.7 mi
  • Big Sandy State Wildlife Management Area: 14.5 mi
  • Old oak park: 17.1 mi
  • Pine Meadows Park 2: 17.7 mi
  • Pine Meadows Park 1: 17.8 mi
Springs: 11
  • Lottie Potrero Spring: 16.3 mi
  • School Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Town Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Dutra Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Basket Spring: 20.4 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Christmas Cove: 13.5 mi
  • Bee Rock: 13.9 mi
  • Oak Shores Marina: 14.1 mi
  • The Narrows: 14.2 mi
  • Nacimiento Grizzly Bend: 14.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Upper Salmon Creek Falls: 20.8 mi
  • Three Troughs Falls: 20.9 mi
  • Manning Falls: 21.0 mi
  • Jewel Falls: 21.3 mi
  • Salmon Creek Falls: 22.0 mi
Museums: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Historic sites: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Area A: 19.3 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 19.4 mi
  • DeAnza Picnic Site: 19.5 mi
Artworks: 2
Cliffs: 1
  • The Shut-In: 11.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Memorial Rose Garden: 19.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • William Randolph Hearst Memorial Beach: 23.9 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Williams Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Smith MountainENE1,188 m24.3 mi
Charley MountainNE1,180 m22.9 mi
Alder PeakWSW1,137 m21.1 mi
Slick Rock PeakW1,126 m21.5 mi
Pine MountainSSW1,093 m18.8 mi
Silver PeakWSW1,073 m21.3 mi
Wizard PeakWNW1,069 m21.1 mi
Rocky ButteS1,043 m19.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4219:16
June solstice05:4919:4720:25
September equinox06:5318:2919:02
December solstice07:1216:1516:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515356596367696968635550
Precip in2.42.52.00.80.40.00.00.00.10.51.02.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — King City, 19 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1661692 — Williams Hill, Monterey County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358808889

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