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Brush from directly overhead

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

Waterfalls: 21
Museums: 16
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
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Gardens: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 3
  • Hespol Memorial Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Hog Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Frog Spring: 24.8 mi
Nature reserves: 3

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Frenchman HillNE 39°1,805 m14.0 mi
Grizzly SummitNNE 32°1,778 m13.1 mi
Duffey DomeNNE 25°1,684 m11.7 mi
Soapstone HillNNE 31°1,670 m11.0 mi
Glazer PointNE 56°1,645 m10.9 mi
Grizzly DomeNNE 15°1,501 m12.6 mi
Bear Ranch HillNNE 12°1,455 m10.5 mi
Little Marble ConeENE 69°1,421 m10.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:18
June solstice05:3919:5720:38
September equinox06:5418:2919:04
December solstice07:2416:0216:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F474953576473797874645347
Precip in10.210.18.34.62.30.80.00.20.42.85.511.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paradise, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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