Cliff · California
Scotia Bluffs
Scotia Bluffs is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 133 m. Bug Creek Butte stands 1,603 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Fireman's Park, a park 0.8 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 133 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.51013, -124.09866
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Buzzards Peak: 6.5 mi
- Mount Pierce: 6.5 mi
- East Point: 8.8 mi
- Rainbow Peak: 8.8 mi
- Tompkins Hill: 9.2 mi
Parks: 49
- Fireman's Park: 0.8 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- Eel River Rio Dell Fishing Access: 1.2 mi
- Fireman's Park: 2.4 mi
- Newburg Park: 6.0 mi
Museums: 14
- Scotia Fisheries Museum: 2.3 mi
- Ferndale Museum: 9.9 mi
- Headwaters Education Center: 12.5 mi
- Fort Humboldt Museum: 19.0 mi
- Discovery Museum: 20.4 mi
Nature reserves: 13
- Carl "A" Anderson Redwoods Natural Preserve: 12.2 mi
- Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge: 13.4 mi
- Bull Creek State Wilderness: 13.5 mi
- Humboldt Redwoods State Park: 16.4 mi
- Mike Thompson Wildlife Area: 17.0 mi
Historic sites: 11
- Veteran memorial hall: 9.8 mi
- Eternal tree house: 10.8 mi
- Wreck of Northerner Historical Mark: 13.9 mi
- Rockefeller Redwood Forest: 14.4 mi
- Laura Perrott Mahan, James P. Mahan: 14.5 mi
Attractions: 10
- The Immortal Tree: 9.4 mi
- Ferndale Tourist Information Center: 9.8 mi
- Flat Iron Tree: 12.4 mi
- Founders Tree: 14.3 mi
- Dyerville Giant: 14.3 mi
Artworks: 6
- Giant Wooden Cross: 6.7 mi
- Ellis Art & Architecture Supplies: 20.5 mi
- Following Current Events: 20.7 mi
- Giant Flower Pot Sculpture: 24.8 mi
- AMPT Mural: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Drury-Chaney Trail Head: 7.5 mi
- Big Trees Day Use Area: 12.4 mi
- Blue Slide Day Use Area: 12.4 mi
- Dyerville Overlook: 14.1 mi
- Garden Club of America Grove Day Use Area: 18.4 mi
Beaches: 5
- Centerville Beach: 13.9 mi
- Dyerville River Bar: 14.2 mi
- Lost Coast: 17.1 mi
- Mattole Beach: 20.5 mi
- Somoa Beach: 22.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Table Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Duckett Bluff: 14.4 mi
- Thompson Bluff: 16.9 mi
- Red Bluff: 17.1 mi
- Impassable at high tide - Lost Coast Trail: 22.9 mi
Gardens: 4
- Humboldt Botanical Garden: 14.3 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 15.3 mi
- Sequoia Park Gardens: 18.6 mi
- Sandy's Bird Garden: 24.8 mi
Springs: 3
- Telegraph Spring: 22.5 mi
- Miller Spring: 23.5 mi
- Bonus Spring: 23.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Pepperwood Falls: 13.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Elephant Rock: 14.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Scotia Bluffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bug Creek Butte | NE 55° | 1,603 m | 22.2 mi |
| Chaparral Mountain | NE 52° | 1,548 m | 21.5 mi |
| Mad River Buttes | NE 52° | 1,505 m | 21.2 mi |
| Showers Mountain | ENE 77° | 1,347 m | 21.6 mi |
| Black Butte | ENE 72° | 1,254 m | 20.8 mi |
| Brinkman Butte | E 85° | 1,188 m | 22.1 mi |
| Larabee Buttes | ESE 105° | 1,187 m | 20.5 mi |
| Bally | ESE 106° | 1,132 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:53 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 20:10 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:10 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 50 | 51 | 53 | 57 | 59 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 58 | 53 | 48 |
| Precip in | 8.6 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 5.2 | 9.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scotia, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358774842
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