Ghost town · California
Monroeville
Monroeville is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Promontory Point stands 1,094 m to the north-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Ordbend County Park, a park 3.5 miles away. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.
ghost town in Glenn County, California
How to reach it
Coordinates39.67778, -121.97750
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Ordbend County Park: 3.5 mi
- Hamilton City Park: 4.7 mi
- Brynwood Park: 6.8 mi
- Oak Way Park: 6.9 mi
- Bidwell River Park: 7.3 mi
Peaks: 26
- Flatiron: 15.8 mi
- Castle Rock: 16.2 mi
- Beauty Peak: 16.5 mi
- Robbers Roost: 17.1 mi
- Steamboat Rock: 18.0 mi
Waterfalls: 16
- Western Falls: 21.4 mi
- Ladder Falls: 21.5 mi
- Beatson Falls: 21.9 mi
- Ranch Falls: 22.0 mi
- Crevice Twin Falls: 22.0 mi
Museums: 14
- Vertebrate Museum: 7.9 mi
- Janet Turner Print Museum: 8.0 mi
- Chico Museum: 8.0 mi
- Stansbury Home: 8.1 mi
- National Yo-Yo Museum: 8.1 mi
Historic sites: 8
- Bidwell Mansion: 8.1 mi
- Chico Community Labyrinth: 8.1 mi
- Phagna Norapamok Memorial: 8.2 mi
- IN HONOR OF ALL CHICO AREA VETERANS: 8.7 mi
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013: 9.7 mi
Artworks: 7
- Steel "Sculpture": 7.7 mi
- Three Sisters: 7.9 mi
- Wildcat Sculpture: 7.9 mi
- Ring Roll: 7.9 mi
- Chico State Flame: 7.9 mi
Springs: 6
- Colyear Springs: 4.3 mi
- Hog Spring: 14.0 mi
- Negro Spring: 17.9 mi
- Hespol Memorial Spring: 19.7 mi
- Root Spring: 19.9 mi
Gardens: 3
- George Petersen Rose Garden: 7.8 mi
- Mary Lemcke Camellia Garden: 8.0 mi
- Chico Seed Orchard: 10.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Willows Rest Area Northbound: 13.6 mi
- Willows Rest Area Southbound: 13.7 mi
- LT. John C. Helmick Rest Area: 21.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Clarenback Point: 16.2 mi
- Steamboat Point: 19.2 mi
- Cape Horn: 22.3 mi
Nature reserves: 3
- Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge: 21.1 mi
- North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 22.5 mi
- Oroville Wildlife Management Area: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Five Mile: 11.5 mi
- Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Monroeville. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Promontory Point | NNE 31° | 1,094 m | 25.0 mi |
| Sawmill Peak | ENE 67° | 1,004 m | 24.2 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | NNE 24° | 928 m | 24.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NE 34° | 757 m | 20.5 mi |
| Nimshew Ridge | ENE 61° | 723 m | 21.7 mi |
| Campbell Mound | NNE 22° | 709 m | 22.1 mi |
| Jordan Hill | ENE 78° | 587 m | 23.2 mi |
| Serpentine Point | E 87° | 549 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:59 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:05 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 50 | 54 | 59 | 67 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 73 | 64 | 52 | 46 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chico Univ Farm, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Chico · 9 mi
- Willows · 16 mi
- Corning · 20 mi
- Glenn County · 23 mi
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