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Gas Point

Gas Point from directly overhead

Gas Point is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Bully Choop Mountain stands 2,109 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Vista Point, a picnic site 6.2 miles away.

ghost town in California

How to reach it

Coordinates40.41556, -122.53444

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Petty Butte: 6.8 mi
  • Richie Peak: 7.8 mi
  • Grouse Mountain: 8.5 mi
  • Rector Peak: 9.4 mi
  • Mule Mountain: 9.5 mi
Parks
  • Meadow Wood Trail Park: 11.0 mi
  • Cascade Park: 11.0 mi
  • Country Heights Park: 11.5 mi
  • Kapusta Open Space Area: 11.7 mi
  • Kum Bay Xerel Open Space: 11.8 mi
Artworks: 24
Springs: 18
Historic sites: 13
Museums: 10
  • General Merchandise: 12.8 mi
  • Courthouse Museum: 12.9 mi
  • Eaton House: 13.6 mi
  • Behrens-Eaton Display Museum: 13.6 mi
  • Shasta Historical Society: 13.9 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Matson, Mowder, Howe Celebration Garden: 14.4 mi
  • Chilean Garden: 14.7 mi
  • Medicinal Garden: 14.7 mi
  • Australian Garden: 14.7 mi
  • South African Garden: 14.7 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Vista Point: 6.2 mi
  • Vista Point: 6.3 mi
  • (Unnamed) Island Picnic Site: 14.5 mi
  • OAKBOTTOM: 16.8 mi
  • Fishermans Point: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Attractions: 3
Beaches: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Whiskeytown Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Crystal Creek Falls: 17.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Gas Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bully Choop MountainNW 308°2,109 m15.6 mi
Paradise PeakNW 311°1,920 m14.6 mi
Shasta BallyNNW 334°1,882 m14.3 mi
Shoemaker BallyNW 321°1,807 m13.7 mi
Gunsight PeakWNW 302°1,744 m16.6 mi
Lookout PeakWNW 296°1,734 m14.5 mi
Bluenose PeakWNW 289°1,647 m17.7 mi
Little BallyNNW 333°1,640 m12.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4120:0320:45
September equinox06:5818:3319:09
December solstice07:3116:0416:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475053596775838176655346
Precip in10.711.69.95.03.11.30.20.10.52.86.311.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whiskeytown Rsvr, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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