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North Bloomfield

North Bloomfield from directly overhead

North Bloomfield is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,004 m. Fall Creek Mountain stands 2,283 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Malakoff Diggins-North Bloomfield Historic District, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

ghost town in Nevada County, California

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Coordinates39.36833, -120.89944
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Buck Mountain: 1.0 mi
  • Buck Mountain: 1.0 mi
  • Pleasant Point: 1.8 mi
  • Columbia Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Columbia Hill: 3.9 mi
Parks: 41
  • Malakoff Diggins-North Bloomfield Historic District: 0.0 mi
  • Rock Creek Nature Study Area: 5.0 mi
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 9.1 mi
  • Tobiassen Park: 9.4 mi
  • Calanan Park: 9.7 mi
Historic sites: 27
  • North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company, California Registered Historical Landmark No. 852: 0.7 mi
  • Scott’s Flat Trail: 6.2 mi
  • Site of Old Wells Fargo Building: 9.6 mi
  • Stamp Mill: 9.7 mi
  • Stewart Mansion: 10.0 mi
Cliffs: 18
Picnic sites: 14
  • Humbug Creek Picknic: 2.7 mi
  • Overlook Point Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
  • White Cloud Picnic Site: 4.5 mi
  • Convict Flat Picnic Site: 11.1 mi
  • Fuller Lake Day Use Site: 13.1 mi
Museums: 11
Springs: 9
  • Willow Spring: 1.8 mi
  • Derbec Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Upper Derbec Spring: 2.1 mi
  • Holden Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Jackies Orchard Spring: 3.6 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Missouri Bar: 1.8 mi
  • Illinois Bar: 4.3 mi
  • Edwards Crossing: 5.2 mi
  • Emerald Pool: 7.4 mi
  • China Dam: 7.5 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Beaches: 4
Gardens: 4
  • Nisenan Garden: 10.4 mi
  • Dutch Flat Community Garden: 11.7 mi
  • Bourn Gardens: 13.6 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Hackmans Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Loves Falls: 21.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of North Bloomfield. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fall Creek MountainE 80°2,283 m14.7 mi
Bowman MountainENE 73°2,251 m15.1 mi
Grouse RidgeE 89°2,189 m14.8 mi
Granite MountainNE 38°1,955 m13.8 mi
Zion HillE 94°1,890 m14.1 mi
Clyde MountainE 98°1,846 m12.9 mi
Pyramid PeakENE 60°1,811 m14.4 mi
The BeartrapE 79°1,766 m10.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:16
June solstice05:3819:5420:35
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:2116:0216:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447515967747369594842
Precip in10.910.59.95.22.90.90.00.10.52.96.212.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nevada City, 10 mi away.

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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