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Jamison

Jamison from directly overhead

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
Picnic sites: 9
Springs: 9
  • 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
Hot springs: 3
  • Marble Hot Springs: 17.2 mi
  • Marble Hot Springs: 17.3 mi
  • Campbell Hot Springs: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1
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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sierra ButtesS 172°2,617 m12.8 mi
Mount IngallsN 11°2,542 m15.3 mi
Haskell PeakSE 139°2,453 m10.5 mi
Mount ElwellS 185°2,361 m4.7 mi
Mount FillmoreWSW 251°2,344 m9.6 mi
Tower RockNNW 342°2,342 m15.9 mi
Smith PeakNE 52°2,330 m10.2 mi
Pilot PeakW 273°2,271 m9.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3919:15
June solstice05:3619:5420:35
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:2115:5916:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313438435159666458483831
Precip in4.23.93.61.51.20.50.30.30.41.12.04.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portola, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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