Observatory Hill

Observatory Hill is a peak in Mendocino County, North Coast, California and has an elevation of 988 feet. Observatory Hill is situated nearby to the neighborhood Surfwood Estates.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mendocino and Pine Grove.

Mendocino

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A favorite weekend getaway for Northern California Bay Area residents, the village of Mendocino is older than both the county and state to which it belongs, having lent its name to the former and further still to the combined coastal watersheds that occupy the nearly 200 miles between the mouths of the Eel and Russian Rivers, known far and wide as the Mendocino Coast.

Pine Grove

Locality

Pine Grove is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, United States. It is located 3 miles north-northwest of Mendocino, at an elevation of 167 feet. On the ocean just west of the community is the Point Cabrillo Light station. Pine Grove is situated 5 miles west of Observatory Hill.

Caspar

Village

Photo: Jef Poskanzer, CC BY 2.0.

Caspar is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, United States. It is located on the Pacific Ocean, 4 miles north of Mendocino, at an elevation of 82 feet. Caspar is situated 5 miles west of Observatory Hill.

Observatory Hill

Type: Peak with an elevation of 988 feet
Description: mountain in California, United States of America
Categories: mountain and landform
Location: Mendocino County, North Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.34101° or 39° 20′ 28″ north

Longitude

-123.72112° or 123° 43′ 16″ west

Elevation

988 feet (301 metres)

Open location code

84FR87RH+CH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358771945

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

5378686

Wikidata ID

Q49058149

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Observatory Hill” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Observatory Hill (bukid sa Estados Unidos, California, Mendocino County)”
Cebuano: “Observatory Hill”

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Localities in the Area

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