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French Flat

French Flat from directly overhead

French Flat is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 467 m. Elizabeth Peak stands 1,486 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is National Recreation Area, a nature reserve 1.8 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.97222, -120.47139

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Springs: 29
  • Gold Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Vine Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Lord Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Turners Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Hicks Spring: 10.5 mi
Museums: 13
Historic sites: 13
Attractions: 9
Picnic sites: 6
  • Lupine Day Use Area: 2.2 mi
  • Heron Point Day Use: 2.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • Moccasin Point: 12.4 mi
  • Remote Camp: 20.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
Nature reserves: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Beaches: 4
  • Dunn Court Beach: 16.8 mi
  • Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 17.0 mi
  • Lake Lodge Beach: 17.5 mi
  • Cocklebur Beach: 22.9 mi
Gardens: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 5.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of French Flat. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elizabeth PeakENE 63°1,486 m13.7 mi
Mount ProvoE 79°1,479 m14.7 mi
Murphy PeakE 87°1,365 m16.9 mi
Telegraph HillENE 58°1,128 m7.7 mi
Darby KnobNNE 19°1,127 m14.5 mi
Rattlesnake HillNNE 23°1,031 m15.5 mi
Tip Top PeakSE 131°1,018 m15.1 mi
Bald MountainENE 67°1,016 m6.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:4019:4920:28
September equinox06:5018:2619:00
December solstice07:1516:0516:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054586674818076665548
Precip in5.94.94.82.61.50.40.00.00.21.52.95.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Melones DAM HQ, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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