Ghost town · California
Forest
Forest is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,398 m. Sierra Buttes stands 2,617 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Table Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away.
unincorporated community in Sierra County, California, United States
How to reach it
Coordinates39.49139, -120.85306
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Table Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Bald Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Graveyard Hill: 4.5 mi
- Grizzly Peak: 4.5 mi
- Snowden Hill: 4.9 mi
Parks: 21
- Malakoff Diggins-North Bloomfield Historic District: 8.9 mi
- Sierra City Community Center: 12.7 mi
- Sierra City Community Park: 12.9 mi
- Kentucky Mine Historic Park: 13.5 mi
- Rock Creek Nature Study Area: 13.9 mi
Historic sites: 18
- Downie Chapter 1249: 5.0 mi
- North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company, California Registered Historical Landmark No. 852: 9.0 mi
- Jolly Boys Mine: 12.1 mi
- Sierra Buttes Fire Lookout: 13.0 mi
- Sierra County Chinese Laborer Memorial: 13.5 mi
Cliffs: 16
- Ruby Bluff: 1.5 mi
- Independence Point: 3.2 mi
- Bell Point: 4.4 mi
- Booth Point: 6.7 mi
- Rediscovery Dome Left: 10.8 mi
Picnic sites: 12
- Tin Cup Diggins Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- Convict Flat Picnic Site: 5.8 mi
- Humbug Creek Picknic: 11.4 mi
- Loganville Scenic Highway Center Picnic Site: 11.4 mi
- White Cloud Picnic Site: 12.0 mi
Museums: 10
- Downieville Museum: 5.0 mi
- Kentucky Mine Historic Park and Museum: 13.5 mi
- Frank C. Reilly Museum: 14.9 mi
- Firehouse Number 1 Museum: 18.0 mi
- American Victorian Museum: 18.2 mi
Springs: 9
- Upper Derbec Spring: 6.8 mi
- Derbec Spring: 7.0 mi
- Willow Spring: 7.1 mi
- Holden Spring: 8.4 mi
- Jackies Orchard Spring: 9.0 mi
Attractions: 9
- Missouri Bar: 10.2 mi
- Illinois Bar: 12.5 mi
- Edwards Crossing: 13.1 mi
- Emerald Pool: 14.6 mi
- China Dam: 14.6 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- Hackmans Falls: 12.9 mi
- Loves Falls: 14.4 mi
- Fern Falls: 18.3 mi
- Frazier Falls: 18.6 mi
- Weber Falls: 24.6 mi
Nature reserves: 5
- Round Mountain Conservation Easement: 14.4 mi
- Burton Homestead Preserve: 17.0 mi
- Woodpecker Wildlife Preserve / Geri Bergen Memorial Forest: 18.5 mi
- Towle Conservation Easement: 21.3 mi
- Coppins Meadow: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- North Bloomfield: 8.9 mi
- Red Dog: 19.1 mi
- Jamison: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Alpha - Omega Rest Area: 13.3 mi
- Gold Run Eastbound Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Gold Run Westbound Rest Area: 21.6 mi
Gardens: 3
- Nisenan Garden: 18.7 mi
- Dutch Flat Community Garden: 19.7 mi
- Bourn Gardens: 22.2 mi
Beaches: 2
- Dog Beach: 16.2 mi
- Hoyt Crossing Nude Beach: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Buttes | ENE 57° | 2,617 m | 13.0 mi |
| Fall Creek Mountain | ESE 116° | 2,283 m | 13.4 mi |
| Bowman Mountain | ESE 109° | 2,251 m | 12.6 mi |
| Pinoli Peak | E 90° | 2,213 m | 10.9 mi |
| Rattlesnake Peak | NNE 14° | 2,168 m | 13.7 mi |
| Red Hill | ESE 107° | 2,145 m | 13.0 mi |
| Needle Point | NNE 13° | 2,129 m | 13.2 mi |
| Quartz Hill | E 97° | 2,122 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:54 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:01 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 45 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 65 | 55 | 44 | 38 |
| Precip in | 11.3 | 10.7 | 10.0 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 6.8 | 11.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Downieville, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Sierra County · 20 mi
- Grass Valley · 22 mi
- Colfax · 28 mi
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