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Shasta State Historic Park

Shasta State Historic Park from directly overhead

Shasta State Historic Park is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 316 m. Bully Choop Mountain stands 2,109 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Courthouse Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away.

state park in California, USA

How to reach it

Coordinates40.59851, -122.49153

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mule Mountain: 3.4 mi
  • Sugarloaf: 3.4 mi
  • Democrat Mountain: 3.7 mi
  • Monarch Mountain: 4.2 mi
  • Kanaka Peak: 4.2 mi
Parks: 58
  • Salt Creek Heights Neighborhood Park: 2.8 mi
  • Mary Lake Park: 3.5 mi
  • Woods Memorial Park: 3.6 mi
  • Ridgeview Park: 4.2 mi
  • Amethyst Park: 4.2 mi
Artworks: 25
  • Girl and the Wolf: 5.0 mi
  • Yes, We Do Tires: 5.2 mi
  • Mount Shasta: 5.2 mi
  • Starling: 5.2 mi
  • Poppies: 5.2 mi
Historic sites: 11
Museums: 9
Picnic sites: 9
  • (Unnamed) Island Picnic Site: 4.9 mi
  • Vista Point: 6.5 mi
  • Vista Point: 6.7 mi
  • OAKBOTTOM: 7.6 mi
  • Fishermans Point: 9.0 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Matson, Mowder, Howe Celebration Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Chilean Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Medicinal Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Australian Garden: 5.8 mi
  • South African Garden: 5.8 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Attractions: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Whiskeytown Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Crystal Creek Falls: 9.7 mi
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Shasta State Historic Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bully Choop MountainWSW 258°2,109 m14.8 mi
Paradise PeakWSW 257°1,920 m13.6 mi
Shasta BallyW 271°1,882 m8.6 mi
Shoemaker BallyW 260°1,807 m11.1 mi
Gunsight PeakWSW 257°1,744 m16.8 mi
Lookout PeakWSW 247°1,734 m16.6 mi
Bluenose PeakWSW 250°1,647 m20.2 mi
Little BallyWSW 256°1,640 m8.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:22
June solstice05:4020:0420:45
September equinox06:5818:3319:09
December solstice07:3116:0316:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475053596775838176655346
Precip in10.711.69.95.03.11.30.20.10.52.86.311.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whiskeytown Rsvr, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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