Campfire Center
Campfire Center is an attraction in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,430 m. Bear Top stands 2,589 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Calaveras Big Trees State Park Visitor Center, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway runs past it.
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Liberty Vista Point · 13 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Doud Hill: 4.8 mi
- Manuel Peak: 5.0 mi
- Repeater Hill: 5.0 mi
- Blue Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Cougar Rock: 5.5 mi
- White Pines Park: 2.1 mi
- Leach Field: 6.0 mi
- Tuolumne State Game Refuge: 9.7 mi
- Brownsville State Historic Landmark: 12.5 mi
- Murphys State Historic Landmark: 12.9 mi
- San Antonio Spring: 0.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 2.2 mi
- Oak Leaf Spring: 2.5 mi
- Million Dollar Spring: 3.2 mi
- Cottage Spring: 6.9 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park Visitor Center: 0.0 mi
- Sierra Nevada Logging Museum: 2.2 mi
- Columbia Museum: 17.6 mi
- Angels Camp Museum: 19.1 mi
- Amador County Model Railroad Museum: 20.5 mi
- Big Stump: 0.1 mi
- California Caverns: 12.1 mi
- Mercer Caverns: 12.8 mi
- Murphys Pokey: 13.0 mi
- Moaning Caverns Adventure Park: 16.8 mi
- Oak Leaf: 2.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 20.7 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 21.3 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 22.1 mi
- Heron Point Day Use: 23.1 mi
- Murphys: 12.8 mi
- Vallecito Western Mine: 16.6 mi
- Strawberry: 16.9 mi
- Grumman TS-2A Tracker: 18.1 mi
- Springfield Armory/School/Store: 18.6 mi
- McKays Point: 2.4 mi
- Calaveras Dome: 15.1 mi
- Bloods Point: 18.9 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 2.4 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 4.1 mi
- National Recreation Area: 22.5 mi
- Beach 1: 18.1 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 18.1 mi
- Beach 2: 18.2 mi
- Carson Hill: 20.4 mi
- French Flat: 22.9 mi
- Middle Bar: 24.0 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 16.7 mi
- Natural Bridge: 18.0 mi
- F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 20.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Campfire Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Top | NE 44° | 2,589 m | 19.9 mi |
| Koala Top | NE 45° | 2,523 m | 20.6 mi |
| Flagpole Point | NE 40° | 2,413 m | 16.4 mi |
| Bull Run Rock | E 94° | 2,393 m | 19.8 mi |
| Osborne Hill | NE 49° | 2,381 m | 20.7 mi |
| Liberty Hill | ENE 61° | 2,302 m | 12.8 mi |
| Dome Rock | ENE 77° | 2,235 m | 18.4 mi |
| Sapps Hill | ENE 58° | 2,225 m | 17.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:03 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 38 | 40 | 45 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 10.6 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 9.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Calaveras BIG Trees, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6767771537
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