World's First Long-Distance Telephone Line
World's First Long-Distance Telephone Line is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 458 m. Alaska Peak stands 1,225 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bridgeport Covered Bridge, a attraction 2.0 miles away.
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Bluff: 2.8 mi
- Bunker Hill: 3.8 mi
- Dixon Hill: 4.2 mi
- Piper Hill: 4.4 mi
- George Washington Hill: 5.3 mi
- Meadow Park: 4.8 mi
- Forest Circle Park: 5.1 mi
- North San Juan Park: 5.2 mi
- Lake Wildwood Community Center: 5.2 mi
- Commodore Park: 5.4 mi
- Providence Mine: 7.5 mi
- Stewart Mansion: 8.2 mi
- Stamp Mill: 8.2 mi
- Knight Monument: 8.2 mi
- Site of Old Wells Fargo Building: 8.4 mi
- Johnsons Bluff: 3.7 mi
- Rocky Point: 5.8 mi
- Granite Point: 6.0 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 15.8 mi
- Lupine Point: 16.6 mi
- Bridgeport Covered Bridge: 2.0 mi
- Purdon Crossing: 6.4 mi
- China Dam: 7.2 mi
- Emerald Pool: 7.3 mi
- Bourn Cottage: 9.1 mi
- Bridgeport Museum and Visitor Center: 2.0 mi
- American Victorian Museum: 8.2 mi
- Nevada County Historical Society History Center: 8.3 mi
- Firehouse Number 1 Museum: 8.3 mi
- North Star Museum: 8.5 mi
- Burton Homestead Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Round Mountain Conservation Easement: 8.5 mi
- Lower Yuba River: 8.6 mi
- Black Swan Preserve: 9.1 mi
- Woodpecker Wildlife Preserve / Geri Bergen Memorial Forest: 10.2 mi
- Oven Spring: 4.5 mi
- Jackies Orchard Spring: 12.3 mi
- Holden Spring: 13.2 mi
- Willow Spring: 15.7 mi
- Derbec Spring: 16.2 mi
- Hoyt Crossing Nude Beach: 4.4 mi
- Pine Island Beach: 5.7 mi
- Collins Lake Beach: 8.7 mi
- Dog Beach: 14.3 mi
- Nisenan Garden: 7.7 mi
- Bourn Gardens: 9.1 mi
- Dutch Flat Community Garden: 18.7 mi
- Prayer Garden: 21.2 mi
- Overlook Point Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Humbug Creek Picknic: 12.5 mi
- White Cloud Picnic Site: 17.0 mi
- Convict Flat Picnic Site: 18.7 mi
- North Bloomfield: 14.7 mi
- Red Dog: 15.4 mi
- Bidwell's Bar: 22.8 mi
- Gold Run Westbound Rest Area: 18.7 mi
- Gold Run Eastbound Rest Area: 18.8 mi
- Alpha - Omega Rest Area: 21.9 mi
- Hidden Falls: 23.5 mi
- Feather Falls: 24.0 mi
- Codfish Falls: 24.1 mi
- Eagle: 18.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of World's First Long-Distance Telephone Line. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Peak | NE 41° | 1,225 m | 12.9 mi |
| Columbia Hill | ENE 61° | 1,191 m | 12.0 mi |
| Banner Mountain | ESE 112° | 1,188 m | 11.4 mi |
| Pike County Peak | N 349° | 1,095 m | 11.8 mi |
| Oregon Peak | N 353° | 1,047 m | 5.7 mi |
| Round Mountain | E 86° | 1,004 m | 8.6 mi |
| Fountain House Hill | NNW 345° | 982 m | 7.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | ENE 62° | 967 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:55 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:03 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 47 | 51 | 54 | 61 | 69 | 75 | 75 | 70 | 61 | 51 | 45 |
| Precip in | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 8.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dobbins 1 S, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/8047888229
Day trips start here
- Grass Valley · 8 mi
- Colfax · 18 mi
- Auburn · 29 mi
- Placer County · 29 mi
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