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Chew Kee Store

Chew Kee Store from directly overhead

Chew Kee Store is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 507 m. Baltic Peak stands 1,541 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Sobon Estate Museum, a museum 1.9 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Fiddletown Preservation Society, Inc.

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.50467, -120.76010

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Museums: 16
  • Sobon Estate Museum: 1.9 mi
  • Shenandoah Valley Museum: 2.9 mi
  • Amador Whitney Museum: 6.9 mi
  • Monteverde Store Museum: 8.0 mi
  • Knight Foundry: 8.0 mi
Historic sites: 16
  • Keystone Mine: 6.9 mi
  • Massa Tunnel: 9.7 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 1: 9.7 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 2: 9.7 mi
  • Flume Tressel Piers: 9.8 mi
Attractions: 10
  • The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown: 6.7 mi
  • Historic Joseph H. Thomas House: 6.9 mi
  • Sutter Gold Mine: 7.1 mi
  • Black Chasm Cavern: 8.8 mi
  • Twin Bridges Swimming Hole: 8.9 mi
Springs: 7
  • Marble Springs: 10.2 mi
  • Spanish Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Liddicoat Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Canzatti Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Sugar Spring: 19.3 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
  • A Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
  • B Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
  • C Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
  • Bridal Veil Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Waterfalls: 3
  • Pecker Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Rock Creek: 20.1 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 23.2 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Sherwood Demonstration Garden: 16.4 mi
  • F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 22.3 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Pit Stop Beach: 23.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Chew Kee Store. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baltic PeakNE 45°1,541 m18.6 mi
Devils NoseE 99°1,445 m18.6 mi
Big MountainENE 70°1,395 m14.6 mi
Lincoln HillNE 52°1,379 m17.7 mi
Big ButteNE 42°1,306 m16.0 mi
Hope MountainNE 45°1,281 m16.9 mi
Middle ButteNE 44°1,260 m15.9 mi
Bald MountainESE 109°1,247 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:4019:5220:31
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:1816:0416:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475052566371787773655447
Precip in6.15.74.92.81.70.40.00.00.21.73.15.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sutter Hill CDF, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/2949284347

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