Montezuma Hills
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A 21st-century windfarm in the Montezuma Hills, Solano County, California. Some of these wind turbines are 415 ft tall.
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| Elevation | 85 m (279 ft) |
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 location of Montezuma Hills in California
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| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| District | Solano County |
| Range coordinates | 38°7′2.704″N 121°48′15.845″W / 38.11741778°N 121.80440139°WCoordinates: 38°7′2.704″N 121°48′15.845″W / 38.11741778°N 121.80440139°W |
| Topo map | USGS Antioch North |
The Montezuma Hills comprise a small range of low-elevation hills at the northern banks of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and southwestern Sacramento Valley. in southern Solano County, California.
The Montezuma Hills are bounded by the Sacramento River on the south and east, the Montezuma Slough on the west, and roughly by California State Route 12 on the north. Rio Vista is the nearest city, while Travis Air Force Base is about 10 miles northwest of the Montezuma Hills. They are north across the Sacramento River from Antioch and Pittsburg, and 40 miles (64 km) northeast of San Francisco.
An animal rescue center for former zoo/show tigers and lions, Wildlife Companions, has its sanctuary in the hills.
The summits of these rolling hills vary in height from about 164–279 feet (50–85 m). The hills are known for their exceptional wind energy resource potential which has made them the site of the rapidly expanding Shiloh Wind Power Plant, a wind farm that now comprises hundreds of wind turbines, with another 88 pending approval.
The flora and fauna of the Montezuma Hills has been studied extensively beginning in 1988 with the Earth Metrics Environmental Impact Report for proposed wind energy development. and continuing with subsequent analyses that collectively have led to a compreshensive characterization of the local biological resources, plant communities and wildlife habitat.
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