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Sutter's Mill Site

Sutter's Mill Site from directly overhead

Sutter's Mill Site is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 227 m. Little Sugar Pine Mountain stands 1,492 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away.

About

The story

location of gold discovery that started the California Gold Rush in 1848

Dates from 1848.

Wikidata Q1973789, matched on coordinates and name (2 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.80345, -120.89237
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Beer Garden Picnic Area: 0.3 mi
  • Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park: 0.3 mi
  • James W Marshall State Historical Monument: 0.5 mi
  • Henningsen Lotus Park: 0.8 mi
  • Dave Moore Nature Area: 1.7 mi
Peaks
  • Murphy Mountain: 0.8 mi
  • Perry Mountain: 1.2 mi
  • Thompson Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Gopher Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Clark Mountain: 3.6 mi
Historic sites: 28
Museums: 27
Nature reserves: 11
Cliffs: 11
  • Wreckage Wall: 10.1 mi
  • Horseshoe Canyon: 10.1 mi
  • Scale Wall: 10.2 mi
  • Memorial Wall: 10.2 mi
  • Long Point: 12.2 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Pit Stop Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Oregon Bar: 9.8 mi
  • Tamaroo Bar: 10.2 mi
  • Laurel Beach: 18.8 mi
  • Moot Rock Beach: 19.0 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Rock Creek: 6.3 mi
  • Pecker Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Leete Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Antelope Creek Falla: 18.0 mi
Springs: 7
  • Dad Youngs Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Wetland Preserve: 17.9 mi
  • Huff Mineral Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Jay Bird Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Marble Springs: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • "Love Comes Softly" movie set: 4.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
  • Ralston Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
  • Antelope Creek Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
  • Sturzen Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Gardens: 5
  • Sherwood Demonstration Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 16.7 mi
  • Ridgeview EcoLab: 17.5 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 20.2 mi
  • Pheonix Community Garden: 20.7 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Southwind Labradors: 10.0 mi
  • Cameron Park CSD Pool: 11.6 mi
  • Twin Bridges Swimming Hole: 16.0 mi
  • cave: 21.2 mi
  • Leoni House: 24.6 mi
Artworks: 5
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Sutter's Mill Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little Sugar Pine MountainENE 75°1,492 m16.2 mi
Sand MountainENE 69°1,433 m13.5 mi
Bald MountainNE 55°1,396 m12.2 mi
Big MountainE 81°1,283 m13.9 mi
Slate MountainE 83°1,161 m11.2 mi
Pennsylvania PointNE 37°1,054 m16.9 mi
Mount DanaherESE 109°1,026 m12.8 mi
SugarloafENE 57°1,022 m10.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:16
June solstice05:4019:5320:33
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:1916:0416:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464852556270777672635245

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Placerville, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12941798181

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