Museum · California
Fort Crook Museum
Fort Crook Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,028 m. Burney Mountain stands 2,395 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Lockhart Ferry, a historic site 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1028 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Fort Crook Historical Society
- Seasonal
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates41.00259, -121.44563
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Haney Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Saddle Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Six Mile Hill: 4.9 mi
- Cinder Cone: 6.5 mi
- Soldier Mountain: 7.9 mi
Waterfalls: 7
- Pit River Falls: 1.8 mi
- Young Falls: 7.2 mi
- Burney Falls: 10.8 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 11.9 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 14.1 mi
Parks: 6
- Fall River Lions Community Park: 0.2 mi
- Hat Creek Park: 6.1 mi
- Washburn Blue Park: 14.4 mi
- Burney Civic Park: 14.5 mi
- Clara Bieber Memorial Park: 18.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Beaver Creek Rim: 8.2 mi
- Butte Creek Rim: 11.5 mi
- Hat Creek Rim: 13.2 mi
- Butte Creek Rim: 18.2 mi
- Red Cliff: 22.8 mi
Historic sites: 2
- Lockhart Ferry: 0.1 mi
- Site of the First School in Fall River Valley: 7.4 mi
Attractions: 2
- "Stand by Me" Bridge: 9.1 mi
- Hat Creek Radio Observatory: 12.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Old Station Day Use Area: 22.7 mi
- Hat Creek Campground Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Fort Crook Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burney Mountain | SW 215° | 2,395 m | 16.6 mi |
| Freaner Peak | SSW 200° | 2,250 m | 19.4 mi |
| Blacks Mountain | SE 140° | 2,222 m | 20.6 mi |
| Eiler Butte | SSW 198° | 2,048 m | 20.2 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | S 182° | 1,993 m | 21.2 mi |
| Wilcox Peak | S 187° | 1,960 m | 21.5 mi |
| Widow Mountain | NE 35° | 1,928 m | 13.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | ESE 108° | 1,850 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:57 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 38 | 43 | 48 | 56 | 63 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 41 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — HAT Creek, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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