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Wintu Cultural Center

Wintu Cultural Center from directly overhead

Wintu Cultural Center is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 233 m. Shasta Bally stands 1,882 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Clair Engle Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

Wintu museum and gift shop

How to reach it

Coordinates40.68071, -122.36069

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 57
  • Clair Engle Park: 0.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Shasta Park: 1.5 mi
  • Margaret Polf Park: 2.1 mi
  • Northridge Park: 4.0 mi
Artworks: 25
  • The Best Grindstone in the World: 0.5 mi
  • Human Sundial: 6.2 mi
  • Dandelions: 6.6 mi
  • Howell's Dive Shop Mural: 6.6 mi
  • Balloons: 6.7 mi
Historic sites: 11
Picnic sites: 10
  • Fishermans Point: 3.6 mi
  • Bailey Cove Day Use: 8.5 mi
  • Behive Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Salt Creek Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
  • (Unnamed) Island Picnic Site: 12.1 mi
Museums: 8
Gardens: 6
  • Memorial Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Medicinal Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Australian Garden: 6.1 mi
  • South African Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Chilean Garden: 6.1 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Crystal Creek Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Whiskeytown Falls: 16.6 mi
  • Clover Creek Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Potem Falls: 20.6 mi
  • Three Falls: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Attractions: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Wintu Cultural Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shasta BallyWSW 250°1,882 m16.4 mi
Little BallyWSW 243°1,640 m16.5 mi
Schell MountainNW 324°1,580 m15.0 mi
South Fork MountainWSW 239°1,521 m15.4 mi
Wild Cow MountainNW 315°1,485 m14.8 mi
Salt Creek MountainNE 35°1,399 m16.6 mi
Ducket PeakWSW 238°1,392 m17.6 mi
Bohemotash MountainNW 320°1,346 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:22
June solstice05:3920:0320:45
September equinox06:5818:3219:08
December solstice07:3116:0216:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054596776838277665447
Precip in10.511.49.24.62.91.50.10.20.53.46.612.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shasta DAM, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/463034036

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