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Oakhurst

Oakhurst from directly overhead

Oakhurst is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 133 m. Bald Mountain stands 1,466 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Jesse Morrow Mountain, a peak 1.9 miles away.

ghost town in Fresno County, California

How to reach it

Coordinates36.74917, -119.43806

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 26
Springs: 22
  • White Tank Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Five Springs: 8.0 mi
  • Chimney Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Rock Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Home Spring: 9.5 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Big Sandy Bluff: 20.8 mi
  • San Joaquin River Bluffs: 21.4 mi
  • San Joaquin River Bluffs: 21.4 mi
  • San Joaquin River Bluffs: 21.6 mi
  • San Joaquin River Bluffs: 21.8 mi
Museums: 14
  • Sanger Depot Museum: 7.5 mi
  • Reedley Museum: 10.6 mi
  • Alta District Historical Society: 14.7 mi
  • Tarpey Depot: 15.4 mi
  • Art Gonzales Museum: 15.8 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Attractions: 8
Artworks: 5
  • Bookie Bear: 10.4 mi
  • Dinuba Christian Church Statue: 13.8 mi
  • Clovis Rodeo Statue: 15.3 mi
  • Calwa Murals: 17.3 mi
  • 1821 Gallery & Studios: 20.0 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Parkway Trust / Caglia: 21.1 mi
  • Big Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 22.3 mi
Beaches: 1
Gardens: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • C. H. Warlow Rest Area: 18.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Oakhurst. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainN 5°1,466 m21.7 mi
Mount SampsonE 86°1,447 m18.9 mi
Sontag PointE 90°1,296 m20.0 mi
Oat MountainENE 63°1,274 m15.5 mi
Burrough MountainN 11°1,263 m18.8 mi
Barnes MountainNNE 31°1,256 m20.8 mi
Tollhouse RockN 9°1,125.49 m19.6 mi
Davis MountainNNE 24°1,104 m18.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3619:10
June solstice05:4019:4220:21
September equinox06:4618:2218:56
December solstice07:0716:0616:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505459647279858479695749
Precip in2.21.92.21.00.60.20.00.00.10.51.02.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fresno 5 NE, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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