Plumas-Eureka State Park Museum
Plumas-Eureka State Park Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,577 m. Sierra Buttes stands 2,617 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Mammoth Mill, a historic site 0.5 miles away.
The story
state park in California, United States
Dates from 1959.
Wikidata Q7205376, matched on coordinates and name (923 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Eureka Peak: 1.4 mi
- Mount Washington: 2.3 mi
- Mount Elwell: 3.4 mi
- Gibraltar: 5.2 mi
- Big Hill: 5.4 mi
- Lake Basin Recreation Area: 4.2 mi
- Middle Fork Feather Wild and Scenic River: 6.5 mi
- Delleker Park: 10.9 mi
- State Game Refuge One-V: 12.4 mi
- Kids Creek Forest: 12.5 mi
- Limestone Point: 12.5 mi
- Rocky Point: 15.8 mi
- Ruby Bluff: 18.7 mi
- Bell Point: 20.1 mi
- Booth Point: 20.3 mi
- Jackson Creek Picnic Ground: 6.4 mi
- Sand Pond Picnic Site: 10.4 mi
- Loganville Scenic Highway Center Picnic Site: 13.3 mi
- Tin Cup Diggins Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- Pass Creek Day Use Site: 19.3 mi
- Western Pacific Railroad Museum: 12.2 mi
- Kentucky Mine Historic Park and Museum: 13.3 mi
- Downieville Museum: 15.2 mi
- Frank C. Reilly Museum: 16.0 mi
- Plumas County Museum: 18.1 mi
- Switchback spring: 12.4 mi
- Cinder Spring: 20.1 mi
- Rocky Point Spring: 20.3 mi
- Section 15 Spring: 20.6 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 20.9 mi
- Fern Falls: 3.5 mi
- Frazier Falls: 4.5 mi
- Loves Falls: 13.1 mi
- Hackmans Falls: 14.2 mi
- Weber Falls: 24.9 mi
- Mammoth Mill: 0.5 mi
- Sierra Buttes Fire Lookout: 11.6 mi
- Sierra County Chinese Laborer Memorial: 13.3 mi
- Downie Chapter 1249: 15.2 mi
- Marble Hot Springs: 18.0 mi
- Marble Hot Springs: 18.0 mi
- Campbell Hot Springs: 22.3 mi
- Massack Rest Area: 13.6 mi
- L.T.Davis Rest Area: 15.8 mi
- Coppins Meadow: 23.2 mi
- Webber Lake: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Plumas-Eureka State Park Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Buttes | SSE 167° | 2,617 m | 11.6 mi |
| Haskell Peak | SE 130° | 2,453 m | 10.1 mi |
| Mount Elwell | S 172° | 2,361 m | 3.4 mi |
| Mount Fillmore | WSW 258° | 2,344 m | 8.4 mi |
| Smith Peak | NE 49° | 2,330 m | 11.7 mi |
| Pilot Peak | WNW 282° | 2,271 m | 9.3 mi |
| Deadman Peak | SE 141° | 2,261 m | 12.3 mi |
| Mount Washington | SSW 201° | 2,236 m | 2.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:54 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:59 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 34 | 38 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 66 | 64 | 58 | 48 | 38 | 31 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portola, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/8014659874
Day trips start here
- Sierra County · 16 mi
- Loyalton · 25 mi
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