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Mount Hamilton

1,327 m4,354 ft

Prominence: 940 m3,083 ft
Isolation: 105 km
Tonight: 47°FClear · Wind 6–13 mph N

Mount Hamilton is a 1,327 m (4,354 ft) mountain in the Diablo Range, California, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 1,327 m · 4,354 ft
Nearest higher peak: Ventana Double Cone (1,480 m)
Range: Diablo Range
Region: California, United States
Protected area: Lick Observatory UCSC
Spanish name: Mount Hamilton (California)
Coordinates: 37.3468° N, 121.6293° W

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3D map

Mount Hamilton 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Hamilton terrain and contours

50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mount Hamilton elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Hamilton weather

Tonight · Clear · 47°F (8°C) · Wind 6–13 mph N

Mount Hamilton forecast for the summit, about 731 m.

Tonight47°–6–13 mph N
Sat50°63°–1–6 mph NW
Sun50°66°–2–6 mph S
Mon46°62°–2–7 mph SW
Tue46°61°–5 mph WNW
Wed48°61°1%1–5 mph SW
Thu47°60°17%1–6 mph WSW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 21:51 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 10 × 10 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

19.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

54.3%

Steep, 30–45°

26.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.3%

Steeper than 30°: 26.6% of the 100 km² view
Relief in view: 965 m low point 371 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 50.4%Grassland 46.8%Shrubland 2.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 5 km, measured from the Mount Hamilton summit.

Summit list 6

1Galileo Peak1,273 m 0.7 km NW
2Tycho Brahe Peak1,286 m 0.9 km WSW
3Huyghens Peak1,276 m 1.1 km WSW
4Observatory Peak1,298 m 1.3 km WSW
5Ptolemy Peak1,237 m 1.6 km SW
6Mount Isabel1,275 m 2.4 km SSE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5 km; 993 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Western Toad100
Western Wallflower87
Bunchleaf Penstemon87
Pacific chorus frog80
Silver Bush Lupine78
Edith's Checkerspot75

Where it sits

Where Mount Hamilton sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lexington ReservoirLake36 km WSW

Mount Hamilton downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMount Hamilton satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-26.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,324 m at the summit; the official height is 1,327 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,327 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	1,337 m	+10 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	1,324 m	-3 m
Copernicus GLO-30	1,330 m	+3 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,319 m	-8 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-26)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
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