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Salmon Falls

Salmon Falls from directly overhead

Salmon Falls is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 143 m. Grey Eagle Hill stands 999 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Salmon Falls Bridge, a historic site 0.2 miles away.

ghost town in El Dorado County, California

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Coordinates38.75810, -121.05800
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sweetwater Basin Wildlife Area: 0.8 mi
  • Waterford Park: 2.7 mi
  • Lake Forest Park: 2.8 mi
  • Windsor Point Park: 3.1 mi
  • Browns Ravine Recreation Area: 3.6 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Crumpet: 1.4 mi
  • Flagstaff Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Iron Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • Mormon Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Shirttail Peak: 2.9 mi
Museums: 32
Historic sites: 23
Nature reserves: 15
Cliffs: 9
Gardens: 8
  • Ridgeview EcoLab: 8.1 mi
  • Sherwood Demonstration Garden: 10.4 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 11.5 mi
  • Pheonix Community Garden: 11.6 mi
  • Border Garden: 17.1 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Pit Stop Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Oregon Bar: 7.3 mi
  • Tamaroo Bar: 9.1 mi
  • Laurel Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Moot Rock Beach: 10.0 mi
Artworks: 7
Picnic sites: 6
  • "Love Comes Softly" movie set: 5.4 mi
  • Antelope Creek Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
  • Sturzen Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
  • Group community site: 17.3 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Pecker Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Leete Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Antelope Creek Falla: 9.6 mi
  • Rock Creek: 15.4 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 15.8 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Southwind Labradors: 5.9 mi
  • Cameron Park CSD Pool: 7.3 mi
  • Safetyville USA: 20.6 mi
  • Twin Bridges Swimming Hole: 21.3 mi
  • The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 3
  • Wetland Preserve: 9.6 mi
  • Huff Mineral Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Spanish Spring: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Salmon Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grey Eagle HillNE999 m18.5 mi
Hotchkiss HillNE973 m16.9 mi
Shoemaker HillENE930 m16.1 mi
Little Bald MountainNE925 m18.9 mi
Castle RockENE905 m18.2 mi
White Oak PointE869 m19.1 mi
Iowa HillE867 m19.8 mi
Mameluke HillNE822 m15.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:16
June solstice05:4019:5320:33
September equinox06:5318:2819:03
December solstice07:2016:0516:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475053566472787773645347
Precip in7.06.56.12.81.60.40.00.10.21.43.06.8

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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