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Oak Bottom Beach

Oak Bottom Beach from directly overhead

Oak Bottom Beach is a beach in California, at a modelled elevation of 373 m. Bully Choop Mountain stands 2,109 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is OAKBOTTOM, a picnic site 1.6 miles away.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates40.64811, -122.59000

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mad Mule Mountain: 1.9 mi
  • Merry Mountain: 2.1 mi
  • South Fork Mountain: 3.5 mi
  • Iron Mountain: 3.6 mi
  • Monarch Mountain: 3.9 mi
Parks: 58
  • French Gulch Historic District: 4.7 mi
  • French Gulch County Park: 4.9 mi
  • Coggins Park: 6.8 mi
  • Salt Creek Heights Neighborhood Park: 8.9 mi
  • Mary Lake Park: 9.7 mi
Artworks: 24
  • Girl and the Wolf: 11.0 mi
  • Mount Shasta: 11.1 mi
  • Yes, We Do Tires: 11.1 mi
  • Starling: 11.1 mi
  • Howell's Dive Shop Mural: 11.1 mi
Historic sites: 11
Museums: 11
Picnic sites: 10
  • OAKBOTTOM: 1.6 mi
  • (Unnamed) Island Picnic Site: 1.9 mi
  • Fishermans Point: 10.4 mi
  • Vista Point: 10.6 mi
  • Vista Point: 11.1 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Gardens: 6
  • Matson, Mowder, Howe Celebration Garden: 10.9 mi
  • Medicinal Garden: 11.6 mi
  • Chilean Garden: 11.6 mi
  • Australian Garden: 11.6 mi
  • South African Garden: 11.6 mi
Attractions: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Rest areas: 4
Waterfalls: 2
  • Crystal Creek Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Whiskeytown Falls: 4.4 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Brandy Creek Beach: 2.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Oak Bottom Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bully Choop MountainSW 235°2,109 m11.3 mi
Paradise PeakSW 231°1,920 m10.4 mi
Shasta BallySW 226°1,882 m4.7 mi
Shoemaker BallySW 227°1,807 m7.9 mi
Gunsight PeakWSW 237°1,744 m13.3 mi
Lookout PeakSW 226°1,734 m14.1 mi
Bluenose PeakSW 234°1,647 m17.2 mi
Little BallySSW 206°1,640 m5.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4719:23
June solstice05:4020:0420:46
September equinox06:5918:3319:09
December solstice07:3216:0316:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464851566473807873635145
Precip in7.58.47.53.82.40.80.30.20.32.84.58.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Redding 12 WNW, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/849841541

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