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Laura Perrott Mahan, James P. Mahan

Laura Perrott Mahan, James P. Mahan from directly overhead

Laura Perrott Mahan, James P. Mahan is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 80 m. Signal Peak stands 1,786 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Dyerville Giant, a attraction 0.2 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Pioneers in the Save-the Redwoods League...
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.34692, -123.92614
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mount Baldy: 3.8 mi
  • Grasshopper Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • Clark Mountain: 6.1 mi
  • Kerr Peak: 6.5 mi
  • Brushy Mountain: 6.5 mi
Parks: 20
  • Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park: 9.5 mi
  • Honeydew Creek Day Use Area: 12.7 mi
  • Fireman's Park: 13.1 mi
  • Eel River Rio Dell Fishing Access: 13.6 mi
  • South Fork Eel Fishing Access: 13.8 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Dyerville Giant: 0.2 mi
  • Founders Tree: 0.4 mi
  • Giant Trees: 0.5 mi
  • Flat Iron Tree: 3.5 mi
  • The Immortal Tree: 5.3 mi
Historic sites: 9
  • Rockefeller Redwood Forest: 0.9 mi
  • Stephen Tyng Mather: 3.9 mi
  • Eternal tree house: 4.0 mi
  • Childrens Forest Plaque: 5.9 mi
  • Myers Plaque: 6.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 6
Nature reserves: 6
  • Humboldt Redwoods State Park: 2.3 mi
  • Carl "A" Anderson Redwoods Natural Preserve: 2.5 mi
  • Bull Creek State Wilderness: 2.8 mi
  • Bull Creek State Wilderness: 3.6 mi
  • John B. Dewitt Redwoods State Natural Reserve: 15.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • Miller Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Bonus Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Telegraph Spring: 18.3 mi
  • Alder Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Pepperwood Spring: 20.8 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Dyerville River Bar: 0.6 mi
  • Black Sands Beach: 22.1 mi
  • Mattole Beach: 23.1 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Giant Wooden Cross: 21.0 mi
  • Bureau of Land Management Lands: 22.3 mi
  • Mario Machi: 23.6 mi
Museums: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Pepperwood Falls: 8.9 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Laura Perrott Mahan, James P. Mahan. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal PeakE 93°1,786 m19.6 mi
Buck MountainENE 70°1,567 m19.0 mi
Red MountainE 83°1,462 m18.4 mi
Pine MountainESE 104°1,443 m19.7 mi
Charles MountainE 87°1,329 m16.5 mi
King PeakSW 219°1,246 m16.8 mi
Amelia ButteNE 49°1,203 m18.7 mi
Brinkman ButteNE 45°1,188 m18.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5219:28
June solstice05:4720:0920:50
September equinox07:0418:3919:14
December solstice07:3616:1016:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444648515660636361544743
Precip in8.68.96.64.92.10.70.10.10.52.66.410.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grizzly Creek SP, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4253504652

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