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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. Sugarloaf stands 1,022 m to the east-northeast, 19 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: 33
Historic sites: 23
Nature reserves: 17
Gardens: 10
  • 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
Cliffs: 9
Picnic sites: 8
  • "Love Comes Softly" movie set: 5.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
  • Antelope Creek Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
  • Sturzen Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
  • Picnic Tables: 16.4 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
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 19.8 miles of Salmon Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SugarloafENE 63°1,022 m19.3 mi
Grey Eagle HillNE 55°999 m18.5 mi
Hotchkiss HillNE 51°973 m16.9 mi
Shoemaker HillENE 57°930 m16.1 mi
Little Bald MountainNE 45°925 m18.9 mi
Castle RockENE 75°905 m18.2 mi
White Oak PointE 86°869 m19.1 mi
Iowa HillE 87°867 m19.8 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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