Mount Hamilton

Mount Hamilton is a mountain in the in , . The mountain's peak, at 4,265 feet, overlooks the heavily urbanized Santa Clara Valley and is the site of , the world's first permanently occupied mountain-top .
  • Peak rising to 4,196 feet (1,279 metres)
  • Description: mountain in the United States
  • Also known as
    “Mount Santa Isabel”
    “Mt. Hamilton”
    “Sierra De Santa Isabel”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lick Observatory Main Building and Copernicus Peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lick Observatory.
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Latitude
37.34188° or 37° 20′ 31″ north
Longitude
-121.643° or 121° 38′ 35″ west
Open location code
849W89R4+QQ
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mount Hamilton” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Mount Hamilton (bukid sa Estados Unidos, California)”
  • Cebuano: “Mount Hamilton”
  • Chinese: “哥白尼頂點”
  • Chinese: “哥白尼顶点”
  • Chinese: “汉密尔顿山 (加利福尼亚州)”
  • Chinese: “汉密尔顿山”
  • Chinese: “漢密爾頓山”
  • Chinese: “漢彌爾頓山”
  • Dutch: “Mount Hamilton”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت هاميلتون”
  • French: “Mont Hamilton”
  • German: “Mount Hamilton”
  • Japanese: “ハミルトン山 (カリフォルニア州)”
  • Japanese: “ハミルトン山”
  • Ladin: “Mount Hamilton”
  • Marathi: “माउंट हॅमिल्टन”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Hamilton”
  • Russian: “Гамильтон (гора)”
  • Russian: “Гамильтон”
  • Slovenian: “Mount Hamilton”
  • Spanish: “Mount Hamilton (California)”
  • Spanish: “Mount Hamilton”
  • Swedish: “Mount Hamilton”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lick Observatory Visitor Center and Observatory Peak.

California: Highlights

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