Chico Seed Orchard
Chico Seed Orchard is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Bald Mountain stands 1,761 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Baroni Park, a park 1.6 miles away. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Permitted
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Baroni Park: 1.6 mi
- 20th Street Community Park: 2.2 mi
- Dorothy F. Johnson Park: 2.3 mi
- Rotary Park: 2.5 mi
- Humboldt Park: 2.6 mi
- Flatiron: 5.4 mi
- Castle Rock: 5.9 mi
- Beauty Peak: 7.3 mi
- Robbers Roost: 7.6 mi
- Steamboat Rock: 8.0 mi
- Western Falls: 12.9 mi
- Ladder Falls: 13.3 mi
- Ladder Falls: 13.3 mi
- Lower Ravine Falls: 13.4 mi
- Beatson Falls: 13.5 mi
- Patrick Ranch Museum: 1.8 mi
- Stansbury Home: 3.3 mi
- Chico Children's Museum: 3.3 mi
- National Yo-Yo Museum: 3.3 mi
- Chico Museum: 3.5 mi
- Hog Spring: 4.4 mi
- Colyear Springs: 6.3 mi
- Hespol Memorial Spring: 9.3 mi
- Negro Spring: 13.7 mi
- Root Spring: 15.1 mi
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013: 1.9 mi
- Phagna Norapamok Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Chico Community Labyrinth: 3.5 mi
- Bidwell Mansion: 3.6 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Downtown Kaleidoscope: 3.5 mi
- Wildcat Sculpture: 3.5 mi
- Monoliths: 3.6 mi
- Three Sisters: 3.6 mi
- Ring Roll: 3.6 mi
- Monroeville: 10.4 mi
- Bloomer: 16.6 mi
- Soto: 17.2 mi
- Hamilton: 19.0 mi
- Brush: 20.1 mi
- Clarenback Point: 6.8 mi
- Cape Horn: 12.0 mi
- Steamboat Point: 15.0 mi
- East China Point: 17.5 mi
- Rose Garden: 3.6 mi
- Mary Lemcke Camellia Garden: 3.6 mi
- George Petersen Rose Garden: 3.6 mi
- Five Mile: 3.9 mi
- Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
- North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 13.9 mi
- Oroville Wildlife Management Area: 19.4 mi
- Willows Rest Area Northbound: 23.9 mi
- Willows Rest Area Southbound: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chico Seed Orchard. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain | NE 43° | 1,761 m | 23.4 mi |
| Oak Point | NE 48° | 1,617 m | 22.9 mi |
| Gold Hill | NNE 33° | 1,527 m | 24.3 mi |
| Gold Hill | NNE 33° | 1,523 m | 24.1 mi |
| The Big Hill | NE 54° | 1,471 m | 24.1 mi |
| Bear Ranch Hill | ENE 66° | 1,455 m | 24.2 mi |
| Big Bar Mountain | ENE 75° | 1,332 m | 19.6 mi |
| Flea Mountain | ENE 63° | 1,299 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:04 | 16:47 |
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 | 46 | 50 | 54 | 59 | 67 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 73 | 64 | 52 | 46 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chico Univ Farm, 2 mi away.
- glue-seed20 obs
- Pacific chorus frog17 obs
- Western Fence Lizard17 obs
- Padre's Shooting Star17 obs
- Red Cone Gall Wasp16 obs
- valley oak15 obs
- Besbicus heldae15 obs
- Johnnytuck14 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/13810709759
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