Historic site · California
Mammoth Mill
Mammoth Mill is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,802 m. Sierra Buttes stands 2,617 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Plumas-Eureka State Park Museum, a museum 0.5 miles away.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates39.75803, -120.70671
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Eureka Peak: 1.1 mi
- Mount Washington: 2.3 mi
- Mount Elwell: 3.6 mi
- Gibraltar: 4.9 mi
- Big Hill: 5.2 mi
Parks: 17
- Lake Basin Recreation Area: 4.5 mi
- Middle Fork Feather Wild and Scenic River: 7.0 mi
- Delleker Park: 11.3 mi
- State Game Refuge One-V: 12.7 mi
- Kids Creek Forest: 12.9 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Limestone Point: 12.0 mi
- Rocky Point: 15.3 mi
- Ruby Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Bell Point: 20.1 mi
- Booth Point: 20.3 mi
Picnic sites: 8
- Jackson Creek Picnic Ground: 6.4 mi
- Sand Pond Picnic Site: 10.7 mi
- Loganville Scenic Highway Center Picnic Site: 13.5 mi
- Tin Cup Diggins Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
- Pass Creek Day Use Site: 19.6 mi
Springs: 7
- Switchback spring: 12.7 mi
- Cinder Spring: 20.2 mi
- Rocky Point Spring: 20.5 mi
- Section 15 Spring: 20.7 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 21.0 mi
Museums: 6
- Plumas-Eureka State Park Museum: 0.5 mi
- Western Pacific Railroad Museum: 12.6 mi
- Kentucky Mine Historic Park and Museum: 13.6 mi
- Downieville Museum: 15.1 mi
- Frank C. Reilly Museum: 15.6 mi
Waterfalls: 5
- Fern Falls: 3.8 mi
- Frazier Falls: 4.9 mi
- Loves Falls: 13.4 mi
- Hackmans Falls: 14.4 mi
- Indian Falls: 25.0 mi
Historic sites: 3
- Sierra Buttes Fire Lookout: 11.8 mi
- Sierra County Chinese Laborer Memorial: 13.6 mi
- Downie Chapter 1249: 15.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Massack Rest Area: 13.3 mi
- L.T.Davis Rest Area: 16.2 mi
Hot springs: 2
- Marble Hot Springs: 18.5 mi
- Campbell Hot Springs: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Jamison: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves: 1
- Coppins Meadow: 23.6 mi
Attractions: 1
- Webber Lake: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Mammoth Mill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Buttes | SSE 164° | 2,617 m | 11.8 mi |
| Haskell Peak | SE 129° | 2,453 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mount Elwell | SSE 165° | 2,361 m | 3.6 mi |
| Mount Fillmore | WSW 256° | 2,344 m | 8.0 mi |
| Smith Peak | NE 51° | 2,330 m | 12.0 mi |
| Pilot Peak | WNW 282° | 2,271 m | 8.8 mi |
| Deadman Peak | SE 140° | 2,261 m | 12.7 mi |
| Mount Washington | S 189° | 2,236 m | 2.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:54 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:59 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 34 | 38 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 66 | 64 | 58 | 48 | 38 | 31 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portola, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9411313127
Day trips start here
- Sierra County · 16 mi
- Loyalton · 25 mi
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