Ghost town · California
Brush
Brush is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 275 m. Frenchman Hill stands 1,805 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Swayne Hill, a peak 1.8 miles away.
ghost town in Butte County, California
How to reach it
Coordinates39.69639, -121.40583
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Swayne Hill: 1.8 mi
- Wild Yankee Hill: 2.1 mi
- Big Bend Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Bloomer Hill: 4.3 mi
- Big Bald Rock: 4.8 mi
Parks
- Goat Ranch Recreation Area: 5.7 mi
- Bloomer Primitive Recreation Area: 7.3 mi
- Crain Memorial Park: 7.5 mi
- Foreman Creek Recreation Area: 8.2 mi
- Lime Saddle Memorial Park: 8.4 mi
Waterfalls: 18
- Curtain Falls: 5.9 mi
- Feather Falls: 7.9 mi
- Phantom Falls: 10.2 mi
- Little Phantom Falls: 10.3 mi
- Ravine Twin Falls: 10.3 mi
Museums: 16
- Depot Museum: 12.2 mi
- bath house museum: 14.5 mi
- Pioneer History Museum: 14.7 mi
- Butte County Historical Society Museum: 14.8 mi
- Oroville Chinese Temple: 15.1 mi
Historic sites: 7
- Beatson Corral: 11.5 mi
- World Trade Center artifact: 13.5 mi
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013: 21.5 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 21.8 mi
- Phagna Norapamok Memorial: 23.1 mi
Artworks: 7
- Downtown Kaleidoscope: 23.3 mi
- Monoliths: 23.4 mi
- Wildcat Sculpture: 23.4 mi
- Three Sisters: 23.5 mi
- Ring Roll: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Cape Horn: 8.2 mi
- Elephant Butte: 12.6 mi
- East China Point: 14.1 mi
- Clarenback Point: 14.5 mi
- Marble Cone: 15.5 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Sandy Point Day Use: 18.5 mi
- Five Mile: 21.0 mi
- Philbrook Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Bloomer: 6.7 mi
- Bidwell's Bar: 9.8 mi
- Hamilton: 20.8 mi
Springs: 3
- Hespol Memorial Spring: 10.8 mi
- Hog Spring: 18.0 mi
- Frog Spring: 24.8 mi
Nature reserves: 3
- North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 11.4 mi
- Oroville Wildlife Management Area: 19.8 mi
- Bucks Lake Wilderness: 21.4 mi
Gardens: 3
- Chico Seed Orchard: 20.1 mi
- Mary Lemcke Camellia Garden: 23.4 mi
- George Petersen Rose Garden: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Brush. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchman Hill | NE 39° | 1,805 m | 14.0 mi |
| Grizzly Summit | NNE 32° | 1,778 m | 13.1 mi |
| Duffey Dome | NNE 25° | 1,684 m | 11.7 mi |
| Soapstone Hill | NNE 31° | 1,670 m | 11.0 mi |
| Glazer Point | NE 56° | 1,645 m | 10.9 mi |
| Grizzly Dome | NNE 15° | 1,501 m | 12.6 mi |
| Bear Ranch Hill | NNE 12° | 1,455 m | 10.5 mi |
| Little Marble Cone | ENE 69° | 1,421 m | 10.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:57 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:02 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 49 | 53 | 57 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 74 | 64 | 53 | 47 |
| Precip in | 10.2 | 10.1 | 8.3 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 5.5 | 11.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paradise, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location confirmed against Wikidata.
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