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Red Dog

Red Dog from directly overhead

Red Dog is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 798 m. Texas Hill stands 1,704 m to the east, 14 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: 51
  • 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
Historic sites: 25
Museums: 13
Picnic sites: 10
  • 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
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
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
Beaches: 5
Gardens: 4
  • Dutch Flat Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Nisenan Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Bourn Gardens: 8.0 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 13.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 3
Artworks: 1
  • Giant Indian Statues: 23.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Red Dog. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Texas HillE 84°1,704 m13.8 mi
Scott HillENE 78°1,625 m12.8 mi
Cherry HillNNE 21°1,580 m14.9 mi
Helester PointE 91°1,479 m11.1 mi
Remington HillNE 49°1,477 m8.6 mi
Negro Jack HillENE 63°1,401 m7.4 mi
McGuire MountainENE 66°1,352 m6.1 mi
Spaulding PointE 83°1,333 m5.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:16
June solstice05:3819:5420:34
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:2016:0216:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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