Red Hill is a

summit A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous. The term (mountain top) is generally used only for ...

on the eastern slope of the

Diablo Range The Diablo Range is a mountain range in the California Coast Ranges subdivision of the Pacific Coast Ranges in northern California, United States. It stretches from the eastern San Francisco Bay Area at its northern end to the Salinas Valley a ...

, in

Merced County, California Merced County ( ) is a County (United States), county located in the northern San Joaquin Valley section of the Central Valley (California), Central Valley, in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the ...

. Its highest elevation is . The summit is part of a long ridge where its high point is between and . The Red Mountain Road (formerly the Cottonwood Grade), runs over this ridge between Fifield Road on the divide of the Diablo Range and McCabe Road on Romero Creek.

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{{coord, 37, 07, 30, N, 121, 11, 39, W, display=title Mountains of Merced County, California