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Michigan Bar

Michigan Bar from directly overhead

Michigan Bar is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 56 m. Round Mountain stands 1,063 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Michigan Bar Historical Marker, a historic site 1.1 miles away.

ghost town in Sacramento County, California

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Coordinates38.49990, -121.04530
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hilltop View: 2.3 mi
  • Moriah Heights Central Park: 2.3 mi
  • Church Park: 2.3 mi
  • Moriah Heights Park 2: 2.3 mi
  • Blackstone Palceaid Openspace Park: 8.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 44
Attractions: 43
  • The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown: 11.3 mi
  • Cameron Park CSD Pool: 11.3 mi
  • Southwind Labradors: 13.1 mi
  • Historic Joseph H. Thomas House: 13.1 mi
  • Sutter Gold Mine: 14.1 mi
Museums: 38
Artworks: 23
  • Chrome Rooster: 15.0 mi
  • The GBHS Bear: 18.4 mi
  • Blessed Virgin Mary and the child Jesus: 19.4 mi
  • Saint Joseph and the child Jesus: 19.5 mi
  • Steampunk Art: 20.3 mi
Gardens: 18
  • Pheonix Community Garden: 14.2 mi
  • Ridgeview EcoLab: 18.2 mi
  • Sherwood Demonstration Garden: 18.3 mi
  • Elk Grove Community Garden: 18.6 mi
  • CSUS Arboretum: 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • A Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
  • B Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
  • C Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
  • Group community site: 17.7 mi
Nature reserves: 6
  • Natomas Station Wildlife Area: 12.7 mi
  • Mormon Island Wetlands Natural Preserve: 14.1 mi
  • Miners Ravine Nature Reserve: 18.9 mi
  • Anderson Island Natural Preserve: 20.4 mi
  • Roseville Reserve: 24.2 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Horse Shoe Hill Shore: 13.4 mi
  • Moot Rock Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Laurel Beach: 13.8 mi
  • Mokelumne Beach: 20.4 mi
  • Pit Stop Beach: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 3
  • Spanish Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Huff Mineral Spring: 23.0 mi
  • Wetland Preserve: 23.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Pecker Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Leete Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Antelope Creek Falla: 23.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Michigan Bar. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round MountainE1,063 m23.3 mi
Cement HillE1,018 m23.8 mi
Mount ZionESE899 m22.6 mi
Mount AukumENE797 m18.0 mi
Negro HillNE751 m23.1 mi
Clinton PeakESE733 m21.7 mi
Grand PointENE728 m23.9 mi
Union HillNE719 m22.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:16
June solstice05:4119:5320:32
September equinox06:5318:2819:03
December solstice07:1916:0616:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475052566371787773655447
Precip in6.15.74.92.81.70.40.00.00.21.73.15.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sutter Hill CDF, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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