Skip to content
Byway
Nature reserve · California

Auburn State Recreation Area

Auburn State Recreation Area from directly overhead

Auburn State Recreation Area is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 219 m. Cottage Home Hill stands 1,246 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Point, a cliff 0.2 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.96803, -120.97219
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Stony Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Hotchkiss Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Summit Hill: 2.8 mi
  • French Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Coyote Hill: 4.8 mi
Parks
  • Meadow Vista Park: 3.3 mi
  • Christian Valley Park: 3.5 mi
  • Canyon View Preserve: 5.0 mi
  • Ashford Park: 6.0 mi
  • Park No 4: 6.2 mi
Historic sites: 35
Museums: 28
Nature reserves: 20
Cliffs: 15
  • Long Point: 0.2 mi
  • Scale Wall: 4.3 mi
  • Memorial Wall: 4.3 mi
  • Horseshoe Canyon: 4.3 mi
  • Wreckage Wall: 4.4 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Tamaroo Bar: 6.7 mi
  • Oregon Bar: 8.5 mi
  • Pit Stop Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Turrtle Bend: 17.1 mi
  • Dog Beach: 20.5 mi
Gardens: 7
  • Prayer Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Bourn Gardens: 17.1 mi
  • Sherwood Demonstration Garden: 17.6 mi
  • Dutch Flat Community Garden: 17.9 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 20.1 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Codfish Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Rock Creek: 15.9 mi
  • Antelope Creek Falla: 17.9 mi
  • Pecker Falls: 21.5 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Picnic sites: 6
  • "Love Comes Softly" movie set: 11.1 mi
  • Ralston Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
  • Antelope Creek Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
  • Sturzen Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
Artworks: 5
Springs: 5
  • Dad Youngs Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Wetland Preserve: 17.7 mi
  • Huff Mineral Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Oven Spring: 23.8 mi
  • Government Spring: 24.7 mi
Attractions: 4
  • cave: 10.1 mi
  • Bourn Cottage: 17.1 mi
  • Southwind Labradors: 19.5 mi
  • Cameron Park CSD Pool: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Auburn State Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cottage Home HillNE 48°1,246 m13.2 mi
Sage HillENE 69°1,116 m12.5 mi
Grey Eagle HillESE 110°999 m11.2 mi
Jakeys HillE 88°998 m9.4 mi
Hayford HillNNE 17°980 m12.6 mi
Hotchkiss HillESE 114°973 m9.3 mi
First SugarloafNNE 31°936 m10.8 mi
Second SugarloafNNE 30°933 m10.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:16
June solstice05:3919:5420:34
September equinox06:5218:2719:03
December solstice07:2016:0416:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475053566472787773645347
Precip in7.06.56.12.81.60.40.00.10.21.43.06.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Auburn, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White Globe Lily30 obs
  • Pipevine Swallowtail25 obs
  • Italian thistle24 obs
  • Toyon20 obs
  • California yerba santa20 obs
  • Pacific madrone19 obs
  • heart-leaf milkweed19 obs
  • Mountain Misery18 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/40047395

More nature reserves in California

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore nature reserves
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Auburn State Recreation Area.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens