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Rattlesnake Hills

Sub-zone

Rattlesnake Hills is a named sub-zone of Yakima Valley in the United States, covering 30,249 ha.

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Key facts

Official name
Rattlesnake Hills viticultural area
Type
AVA (American Viticultural Area)
Within
Yakima Valley
Protected since
2006-03-20
Area
30,249 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
17.61 × 36.01 km
Centre
46.4456° N, 120.1613° W
State
WA
Federal rule
27 CFR 9.193
Petitioner
Gail Puryear

Where it is

Nearest town
14 km north-east of Toppenish
Nearest city
32 km south-east of Yakima 93,701 people
To the sea
193 km
Rivers nearby
Yakima (9.2 km)
Same latitude
Sforzato di Valtellina (Italy), AOC Vaud (Switzerland), Château-Chalon (France), Odesa region (Ukraine), Csongrád (Hungary)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation
252–920 m
Mean elevation
435 m

Measured over the whole outline on 109,294 elevation cells of about 53 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Counties · 1

Within

Legal boundary

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Sources

UC Davis Library AVA project (CC0)

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