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Lover's Tree

Lover's Tree from directly overhead

Lover's Tree is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Flagstaff Hill stands 432 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Tahoe Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Lover's Tree
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Coordinates38.54455, -121.43404
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tahoe Park: 0.1 mi
  • Greenfair Park: 0.4 mi
  • Mae Fong Park: 0.5 mi
  • Tahoe Tallac Park: 0.8 mi
  • Colonial Playground: 0.9 mi
Artworks: 47
  • Assumption of Mary: 0.5 mi
  • The Crussifiction: 0.5 mi
  • Saint Peter: 0.5 mi
  • The Ten Commandments: 0.5 mi
  • Chrome Mustang: 2.2 mi
Attractions: 42
  • Little Saigon: 2.1 mi
  • Sacramento Adventure Playground: 2.7 mi
  • Three Little Pigs: 3.6 mi
  • The Three Billy Goats Gruff: 3.6 mi
  • Farmer Brown's Barn: 3.6 mi
Historic sites: 42
Museums: 41
Gardens: 25
Nature reserves: 18
Peaks: 15
  • Whisky Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Col du Pennsylvania: 10.8 mi
  • Horse Shoe Hill: 15.0 mi
  • Blisk Peak: 15.8 mi
  • Nedbelle Peak: 15.8 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Pooh Corner: 3.6 mi
  • Birthday Area 3: 3.7 mi
  • Birthday Area 2: 3.7 mi
  • Birthday Area 1: 3.7 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Beaches: 3
  • Horse Shoe Hill Shore: 15.1 mi
  • Moot Rock Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Laurel Beach: 15.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Leete Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Antelope Creek Falla: 21.0 mi
  • Pecker Falls: 22.4 mi
Springs: 2
  • Huff Mineral Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Wetland Preserve: 21.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lover's Tree. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flagstaff HillNE432 m24.4 mi
Iron MountainNE269 m23.5 mi
Carpenter HillENE253 m19.4 mi
SugarloafNE218 m24.7 mi
Volcano HillNE129 m17.7 mi
Thunder hillNNE129 m21.0 mi
Horse Shoe HillENE128 m15.0 mi
Telegraph HillNNE118 m22.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:18
June solstice05:4319:5420:34
September equinox06:5418:2919:04
December solstice07:2116:0716:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495357616874787774665549
Precip in3.93.62.81.40.90.20.00.00.10.91.83.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sacramento 5 ESE, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5268899326

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