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Bridgeport Covered Bridge

Bridgeport Covered Bridge from directly overhead

Bridgeport Covered Bridge is an attraction in California, at a modelled elevation of 161 m. Banner Mountain stands 1,188 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bridgeport Museum and Visitor Center, a museum 0.1 miles away.

About

The story

bridge in Bridgeport, Nevada County, California, southwest of French Corral and north of Lake Wildwood

Wikidata Q4966585, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

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Coordinates39.29283, -121.19490
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Piper Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Dixon Hill: 3.5 mi
  • George Washington Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Red Bluff: 3.7 mi
  • Ure Mountain: 4.8 mi
Parks
  • Meadow Park: 3.4 mi
  • Lake Wildwood Community Center: 3.6 mi
  • Commodore Park: 3.8 mi
  • Forest Circle Park: 3.8 mi
  • Bugler Cove Park: 3.9 mi
Historic sites: 20
Museums: 14
Cliffs: 10
Attractions: 8
  • Purdon Crossing: 8.3 mi
  • China Dam: 9.1 mi
  • Emerald Pool: 9.2 mi
  • Bourn Cottage: 9.8 mi
  • Edwards Crossing: 11.6 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Springs: 6
  • Oven Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Jackies Orchard Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Holden Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Willow Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Derbec Spring: 18.2 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Collins Lake Group Picnic Area #1: 7.5 mi
  • Overlook Point Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
  • Humbug Creek Picknic: 14.4 mi
  • White Cloud Picnic Site: 18.8 mi
  • Convict Flat Picnic Site: 20.5 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Nisenan Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Bourn Gardens: 9.8 mi
  • Dutch Flat Community Garden: 19.9 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 21.2 mi
  • Community Garden: 23.3 mi
Beaches: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Hidden Falls: 22.6 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 24.1 mi
  • Feather Falls: 24.6 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Eagle: 16.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Bridgeport Covered Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Banner MountainESE 105°1,188 m12.7 mi
Pike County PeakN 358°1,095 m12.6 mi
Oregon PeakN 8°1,047 m6.7 mi
Round MountainE 81°1,004 m10.4 mi
Fountain House HillN 359°982 m8.1 mi
Sugarloaf PeakENE 62°967 m11.3 mi
Summit HillN 11°960 m8.0 mi
Bald MountainENE 73°950 m10.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4219:17
June solstice05:3919:5520:36
September equinox06:5318:2819:03
December solstice07:2216:0316:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454751546169757570615145
Precip in7.77.27.83.22.40.70.00.10.42.65.38.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dobbins 1 S, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/27553330

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