Ghost town · California
Jamison
Jamison is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,465 m. Sierra Buttes stands 2,617 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Plumas-Eureka State Park Museum, a museum 1.6 miles away.
former settlement in Plumas County, California.
How to reach it
Coordinates39.77611, -120.68222
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Eureka Peak: 2.9 mi
- Mount Washington: 3.9 mi
- Big Hill: 4.4 mi
- Mount Elwell: 4.7 mi
- Mount Jackson: 4.8 mi
Parks: 18
- Lake Basin Recreation Area: 5.3 mi
- Middle Fork Feather Wild and Scenic River: 6.1 mi
- Delleker Park: 9.7 mi
- State Game Refuge One-V: 10.9 mi
- Kids Creek Forest: 11.3 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Limestone Point: 12.5 mi
- Rocky Point: 16.1 mi
- Ruby Bluff: 20.2 mi
- Bell Point: 21.6 mi
- Booth Point: 21.7 mi
Museums: 8
- Plumas-Eureka State Park Museum: 1.6 mi
- Western Pacific Railroad Museum: 11.1 mi
- Kentucky Mine Historic Park and Museum: 14.4 mi
- Downieville Museum: 16.8 mi
- Frank C. Reilly Museum: 17.3 mi
Picnic sites: 8
- Jackson Creek Picnic Ground: 5.0 mi
- Sand Pond Picnic Site: 11.4 mi
- Loganville Scenic Highway Center Picnic Site: 14.5 mi
- Tin Cup Diggins Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
- Pass Creek Day Use Site: 20.2 mi
Springs: 8
- Switchback spring: 13.5 mi
- Cinder Spring: 18.5 mi
- Rocky Point Spring: 18.7 mi
- Section 15 Spring: 19.0 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 19.3 mi
Waterfalls: 5
- Fern Falls: 4.5 mi
- Frazier Falls: 5.2 mi
- Loves Falls: 14.2 mi
- Hackmans Falls: 15.3 mi
- Indian Falls: 24.7 mi
Historic sites: 4
- Mammoth Mill: 1.8 mi
- Sierra Buttes Fire Lookout: 12.7 mi
- Sierra County Chinese Laborer Memorial: 14.4 mi
- Downie Chapter 1249: 16.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Massack Rest Area: 13.0 mi
- L.T.Davis Rest Area: 14.6 mi
Hot springs: 2
- Marble Hot Springs: 17.2 mi
- Campbell Hot Springs: 22.5 mi
Nature reserves: 1
- Coppins Meadow: 23.8 mi
Attractions: 1
- Webber Lake: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Jamison. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Buttes | S 172° | 2,617 m | 12.8 mi |
| Mount Ingalls | N 11° | 2,542 m | 15.3 mi |
| Haskell Peak | SE 139° | 2,453 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mount Elwell | S 185° | 2,361 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Fillmore | WSW 251° | 2,344 m | 9.6 mi |
| Tower Rock | NNW 342° | 2,342 m | 15.9 mi |
| Smith Peak | NE 52° | 2,330 m | 10.2 mi |
| Pilot Peak | W 273° | 2,271 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:54 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:59 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 34 | 38 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 66 | 64 | 58 | 48 | 38 | 31 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portola, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Sierra County · 16 mi
- Loyalton · 24 mi
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