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Delevan National Wildlife Refuge

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Delevan National Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Delevan National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Baldy Mountain stands 1,038 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Colusa Weir Recreation Area, a park 6.8 miles away. 81 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
US Fish and Wildlife Service

How to reach it

Coordinates39.30576, -122.08400

81 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 39
  • Colusa Weir Recreation Area: 6.8 mi
  • Colusa: 7.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 7.3 mi
  • Colusa River State Recreational Wildlife Park: 7.3 mi
  • Levee park: 7.4 mi
Peaks: 28
  • Pelican Mound: 12.3 mi
  • West Butte: 14.0 mi
  • Yana Peak: 14.8 mi
  • Twin Peaks: 15.6 mi
  • South Butte: 15.7 mi
Museums: 2
Historic sites: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • The Falls: 14.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Hog Spring: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Delevan National Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baldy MountainWSW 243°1,037.8 m25.0 mi
Jackson MountainSSW 211°841 m24.5 mi
Gilmore PeakW 270°770 m24.9 mi
La Coma TallacSW 217°767 m21.7 mi
Lodoga PeakW 260°726 m18.4 mi
Cooks MountainWSW 259°672 m22.5 mi
Bear Valley ButtesWSW 247°660.2 m21.0 mi
South ButteESE 116°628 m15.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:21
June solstice05:4319:5920:39
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2516:0716:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465155606773767572645346
Precip in3.63.02.21.00.80.50.00.00.10.91.93.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Colusa 2 SSW, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/961758846

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