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Hollow Falls

Hollow Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Hollow Falls is a waterfall in California, at a modelled elevation of 339 m. Big Bar Mountain stands 1,332 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Hollow Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away.

What the record says

Height
13.7 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.59481, -121.55278

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 20
Museums: 17
Historic sites: 8
  • Beatson Corral: 1.0 mi
  • World Trade Center artifact: 6.4 mi
  • IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013: 16.3 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 17.7 mi
  • Phagna Norapamok Memorial: 17.8 mi
Artworks: 7
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 4
Gardens: 4
Springs: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Beaches: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Hollow Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Bar MountainNNE 28°1,332 m14.3 mi
Quartz HillE 81°1,325 m18.9 mi
Flea MountainNNE 15°1,299 m16.8 mi
Sky HighENE 58°1,275 m17.8 mi
Shute MountainENE 61°1,255 m15.7 mi
Swain HillE 85°1,248 m16.7 mi
Hungary Hunt PeakNNE 27°1,227 m13.3 mi
Pompys PointENE 66°1,214 m17.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:18
June solstice05:4019:5720:38
September equinox06:5518:2919:05
December solstice07:2416:0316:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495257616875807873655549
Precip in5.85.64.72.21.40.60.00.10.41.32.85.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oroville, 5 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs4,7246,2846,4067,2495,8583,1901,7411,4331,2471,4382,0163,387

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Feather R A Oroville CA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/1072222167

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