Old Bear River Bridge
Old Bear River Bridge is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 603 m. McGuire Mountain stands 1,352 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Colfax Hill, a peak 1.5 miles away.
The story
Dates from 1908.
Wikidata Q16974115, matched on coordinates and name (151 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Colfax Highway Association
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Colfax Hill: 1.5 mi
- Mount Olive: 1.9 mi
- Goat Rock: 2.1 mi
- Hayford Hill: 3.1 mi
- Sonntag Hill: 3.8 mi
- Peoples Park: 5.6 mi
- Lodestar Park: 5.8 mi
- Empire Mine State Historic Park: 7.0 mi
- Memorial Park: 7.6 mi
- Elisabeth Daniels Park: 8.1 mi
- Wells Fargo vault: 5.5 mi
- Iowa Hill: 5.5 mi
- Iowa Hill Fire: 5.6 mi
- Stevens Trail: 5.6 mi
- Chinese Railroad Workers: 6.7 mi
- Windy Point: 3.7 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 8.6 mi
- Long Point: 11.2 mi
- Red Point: 13.9 mi
- Heritage Museum: 2.3 mi
- North Star Museum: 7.9 mi
- Nevada County Narrow Guage Railroad Museum: 8.7 mi
- Nevada County Historical Society History Center: 8.8 mi
- American Victorian Museum: 9.6 mi
- Adam Ryan Wildlife Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Woodpecker Wildlife Preserve / Geri Bergen Memorial Forest: 8.0 mi
- Towle Conservation Easement: 9.5 mi
- Burton Homestead Preserve: 11.2 mi
- Auburn State Recreation Area: 11.3 mi
- Overlook Point Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- White Cloud Picnic Site: 14.2 mi
- Humbug Creek Picknic: 14.3 mi
- Ralston Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- Fuller Lake Day Use Site: 22.2 mi
- cave: 2.3 mi
- Bourn Cottage: 7.1 mi
- Edwards Crossing: 13.8 mi
- Illinois Bar: 13.9 mi
- Emerald Pool: 14.3 mi
- Oven Spring: 13.5 mi
- Holden Spring: 17.9 mi
- Jackies Orchard Spring: 17.9 mi
- Government Spring: 18.2 mi
- Willow Spring: 18.4 mi
- Dog Beach: 9.3 mi
- Hoyt Crossing Nude Beach: 13.5 mi
- Pine Island Beach: 15.3 mi
- Tamaroo Bar: 17.4 mi
- Oregon Bar: 19.2 mi
- Red Dog: 6.7 mi
- Deadwood: 14.9 mi
- North Bloomfield: 16.7 mi
- Ophir: 18.8 mi
- Prayer Garden: 6.7 mi
- Bourn Gardens: 7.1 mi
- Dutch Flat Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- Nisenan Garden: 9.6 mi
- Gold Run Westbound Rest Area: 6.5 mi
- Gold Run Eastbound Rest Area: 6.7 mi
- Alpha - Omega Rest Area: 16.8 mi
- Codfish Falls: 9.3 mi
- Hidden Falls: 16.4 mi
- Giant Indian Statues: 16.7 mi
- Eagle: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Old Bear River Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McGuire Mountain | NE 46° | 1,352 m | 12.1 mi |
| Spaulding Point | NE 53° | 1,333 m | 10.7 mi |
| Sugarloaf | ENE 75° | 1,278 m | 11.2 mi |
| Cottage Home Hill | ESE 105° | 1,246 m | 9.5 mi |
| Frost Hill | ENE 59° | 1,195 m | 8.6 mi |
| Banner Mountain | N 358° | 1,188 m | 7.9 mi |
| Hayden Hill | ENE 76° | 1,159 m | 10.1 mi |
| Roach Hill | E 88° | 1,131 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:54 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:03 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 47 | 50 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 76 | 72 | 62 | 51 | 45 |
| Precip in | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 5.1 | 8.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Colfax, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/2607583470
Day trips start here
- Colfax · 2 mi
- Grass Valley · 8 mi
- Placer County · 13 mi
- Auburn · 17 mi
- Coloma · 23 mi
- Rocklin · 28 mi
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