Knights Ferry Covered Bridge
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Knights Ferry Covered Bridge is an attraction in California, at a modelled elevation of 53 m. Telegraph Hill stands 1,128 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Lovers Leap, a cliff 1.8 miles away.
The story
Dates from 1864.
Wikidata Q58904026, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Width
- 4 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Iron Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Rushing Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Flowers Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Hammils Mountain: 7.0 mi
- Tulloch Mountain: 7.0 mi
- Orange Blossom Recreation Area: 5.8 mi
- South Shore Recreation Area: 5.9 mi
- O Byrne Ferry Historical Monument: 7.1 mi
- Valley Oak Recreation Area: 7.9 mi
- Private Park: 8.5 mi
- Paulsell Depot: 7.2 mi
- Eastwood Ravine Trestle Bridge: 8.2 mi
- Cooperstown Depot: 8.3 mi
- Old Crimea House: 10.2 mi
- War Memorial: 10.8 mi
- The Cowboy Museum: 10.6 mi
- Oakdale Museum & History Center: 10.9 mi
- Riverbank Historical Museum: 16.0 mi
- Jamestown Museum: 16.0 mi
- The Horseless Carriage Garage: 18.0 mi
- Churchs Spring: 6.0 mi
- Turners Spring: 11.2 mi
- Hicks Spring: 11.6 mi
- Salt Spring: 12.4 mi
- Freeze-Out Spring: 13.9 mi
- Hughson Arboretum & Gardens: 18.6 mi
- The Julio and Aileen Gallo Rose Garden: 21.8 mi
- The Julio and Aileen Gallo Rose Garden: 21.8 mi
- Rose Garden: 22.1 mi
- Garden Clock: 22.2 mi
- Paperboy Statue: 21.8 mi
- California Poppies: 22.1 mi
- Tillie Lewis Arch: 22.2 mi
- Modesto Arch: 22.2 mi
- Within-Without: 22.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 1.8 mi
- Negro Jack Point: 6.7 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 8.4 mi
- The Grotto: 13.2 mi
- Davis's Ferry: 12.5 mi
- Chinese Camp: 13.1 mi
- French Flat: 14.9 mi
- Carson Hill: 16.8 mi
- Lupine Day Use Area: 14.1 mi
- Heron Point Day Use: 14.1 mi
- Moccasin Point: 17.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 19.1 mi
- Jamestown Branch Jail: 16.0 mi
- Moaning Caverns Adventure Park: 20.3 mi
- Christmas Tree Lane: 23.0 mi
- Murphys Pokey: 24.5 mi
- Red Hills: 11.7 mi
- National Recreation Area: 14.8 mi
- Cocklebur Beach: 11.7 mi
- Natural Bridge: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Knights Ferry Covered Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telegraph Hill | NE 49° | 1,128 m | 22.4 mi |
| Tip Top Peak | E 88° | 1,018 m | 21.9 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NE 51° | 1,016 m | 20.9 mi |
| Buckhorn Mountain | ENE 65° | 1,005 m | 23.3 mi |
| Blewetts Point | NE 44° | 976 m | 23.1 mi |
| Moccasin Peak | E 93° | 894 m | 18.4 mi |
| Bear Mountain | NNE 18° | 879 m | 14.5 mi |
| Peñon Blanco Peak | ESE 105° | 872 m | 22.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:07 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 54 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 81 | 80 | 76 | 66 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 5.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Melones DAM HQ, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/24597476
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