Ghost town · California
Red Dog
Red Dog is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 798 m. Clyde Mountain stands 1,846 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Chalk Bluff, a cliff 0.5 miles away.
ghost town in Nevada County, California
How to reach it
Coordinates39.21667, -120.89944
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Camel Hump: 2.6 mi
- Quaker Hill: 3.6 mi
- Cold Spring Hill: 3.9 mi
- Sonntag Hill: 4.0 mi
- Banner Mountain: 4.1 mi
Parks: 49
- Rock Creek Nature Study Area: 5.8 mi
- Calanan Park: 7.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 7.4 mi
- Empire Mine State Historic Park: 7.6 mi
- Tobiassen Park: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 25
- Chalk Bluff: 0.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 5.7 mi
- Excelsior: 8.3 mi
- Lupine Point: 8.5 mi
- Windy Point: 8.9 mi
Historic sites: 24
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 3.6 mi
- Chinese Railroad Workers: 3.6 mi
- Scott’s Flat Trail: 5.4 mi
- Cascade Canal Access Trail: 5.4 mi
- Old Bear River Bridge: 6.7 mi
Museums: 13
- Nevada County Narrow Guage Railroad Museum: 6.8 mi
- Firehouse Number 1 Museum: 7.1 mi
- American Victorian Museum: 7.2 mi
- Nevada County Historical Society History Center: 7.2 mi
- Heritage Museum: 8.6 mi
Attractions: 9
- cave: 7.6 mi
- Bourn Cottage: 8.0 mi
- Illinois Bar: 8.8 mi
- Missouri Bar: 8.9 mi
- Edwards Crossing: 9.1 mi
Picnic sites: 9
- White Cloud Picnic Site: 7.6 mi
- Overlook Point Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- Humbug Creek Picknic: 8.6 mi
- Fuller Lake Day Use Site: 16.0 mi
- Ralston Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
Springs: 9
- Oven Spring: 11.3 mi
- Derbec Spring: 12.1 mi
- Holden Spring: 12.2 mi
- Willow Spring: 12.2 mi
- Upper Derbec Spring: 12.3 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Beaches: 5
- Dog Beach: 3.0 mi
- Hoyt Crossing Nude Beach: 11.4 mi
- Pine Island Beach: 16.8 mi
- Tamaroo Bar: 23.9 mi
- Collins Lake Beach: 24.0 mi
Gardens: 4
- Dutch Flat Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Nisenan Garden: 7.7 mi
- Bourn Gardens: 8.0 mi
- Prayer Garden: 13.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Gold Run Westbound Rest Area: 3.6 mi
- Gold Run Eastbound Rest Area: 3.6 mi
- Alpha - Omega Rest Area: 10.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Codfish Falls: 15.5 mi
- Hidden Falls: 22.8 mi
- East Snow Mountain Falls: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- North Bloomfield: 10.5 mi
- Deadwood: 14.7 mi
Artworks: 1
- Giant Indian Statues: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Red Dog. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde Mountain | NE 56° | 1,846 m | 15.5 mi |
| Texas Hill | E 84° | 1,704 m | 13.8 mi |
| Scott Hill | ENE 78° | 1,625 m | 12.8 mi |
| Cherry Hill | NNE 21° | 1,580 m | 14.9 mi |
| Helester Point | E 91° | 1,479 m | 11.1 mi |
| Remington Hill | NE 49° | 1,477 m | 8.6 mi |
| Negro Jack Hill | ENE 63° | 1,401 m | 7.4 mi |
| McGuire Mountain | ENE 66° | 1,352 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:54 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:02 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 44 | 47 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 73 | 69 | 59 | 48 | 42 |
| Precip in | 10.9 | 10.5 | 9.9 | 5.2 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 6.2 | 12.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nevada City, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Colfax · 9 mi
- Grass Valley · 9 mi
- Placer County · 14 mi
- Auburn · 24 mi
- Coloma · 29 mi
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