Clear Creek Gold Discovery Historical Marker
Clear Creek Gold Discovery Historical Marker is a historic site in California, at a recorded elevation of 140 m. Bully Choop Mountain stands 2,109 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Cascade Park, a park 0.8 miles away.
The story
Park in Shasta County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49478528, matched on coordinates and name (35 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 140 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cascade Park: 0.8 mi
- Meadow Wood Trail Park: 0.8 mi
- Kum Bay Xerel Open Space: 2.2 mi
- Kapusta Open Space Area: 2.4 mi
- Rivercrest Park: 3.0 mi
- Seventeen Hill: 4.6 mi
- Sugarloaf: 5.4 mi
- Mule Mountain: 7.8 mi
- Quartz Hill: 9.4 mi
- Petty Butte: 9.4 mi
- Nur Pon Salmon Run: 4.4 mi
- Reimagine A Brighter Tomorrow: 4.6 mi
- Harmonious Love: 5.2 mi
- Wayken-pana elPom: 5.3 mi
- Shadows: 5.3 mi
- California-Oregon Highway Historical Marker: 4.0 mi
- The Monolith: 5.7 mi
- Anderson Veterans Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Caldwell Monument: 6.1 mi
- Pioneer Baby's Grave: 9.2 mi
- Eaton House: 5.3 mi
- Behrens-Eaton Display Museum: 5.4 mi
- Shasta Historical Society: 5.4 mi
- Old City Hall Art Gallery: 5.5 mi
- Mill Building: 5.7 mi
- Chilean Garden: 6.0 mi
- South African Garden: 6.0 mi
- Australian Garden: 6.0 mi
- Medicinal Garden: 6.1 mi
- Matson, Mowder, Howe Celebration Garden: 6.1 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 19.5 mi
- Brushy Hollow Spring: 20.7 mi
- Ross Gates Spring: 20.8 mi
- Tuscan Springs: 23.2 mi
- Willow Springs: 23.2 mi
- Clover Creek Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Turtle Bay Bird Sanctuary: 5.8 mi
- Oak Savannah Arboretum: 6.2 mi
- Lema Ranch: 6.8 mi
- Dales Lake Ecological Reserve: 20.5 mi
- Shasta: 7.8 mi
- Shasta State Historic Park: 8.6 mi
- Gas Point: 10.3 mi
- Whiskeytown: 13.0 mi
- Deadwood: 23.7 mi
- (Unnamed) Island Picnic Site: 13.2 mi
- Fishermans Point: 14.5 mi
- Bailey Cove Day Use: 20.5 mi
- Behive Beach: 23.6 mi
- Salt Creek Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
- Sundial Bridge: 5.9 mi
- McConnell Botanical Gardens: 6.1 mi
- Shasta Lake Ranger Station: 13.7 mi
- Lake Shasta Caverns: 21.0 mi
- Whiskeytown Falls: 17.3 mi
- Crystal Creek Falls: 17.8 mi
- Clover Creek Falls: 21.6 mi
- Bear Creek Falls: 22.8 mi
- Brandy Creek Beach: 12.7 mi
- Oak Bottom Beach: 14.7 mi
- Herbert S. Miles Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- O'Brien Rest Area: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Clear Creek Gold Discovery Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bully Choop Mountain | W 279° | 2,109 m | 20.6 mi |
| Paradise Peak | W 280° | 1,920 m | 19.4 mi |
| Shasta Bally | WNW 294° | 1,882 m | 15.8 mi |
| Shoemaker Bally | WNW 285° | 1,807 m | 17.3 mi |
| Gunsight Peak | W 276° | 1,744 m | 22.3 mi |
| Lookout Peak | W 270° | 1,734 m | 21.2 mi |
| Little Bally | WNW 288° | 1,640 m | 14.4 mi |
| Buckhorn Bally | WNW 294° | 1,520 m | 19.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:03 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:03 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 51 | 54 | 59 | 68 | 77 | 83 | 81 | 75 | 65 | 53 | 47 |
| Precip in | 6.0 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 6.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Redding AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358803028
Day trips start here
- Redding · 5 mi
- Anderson · 6 mi
- Palo Cedro · 8 mi
- Shasta · 8 mi
- Cottonwood · 10 mi
- Shasta Lake · 12 mi
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