Gray Davis Dye Creek Preserve
Gray Davis Dye Creek Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 313 m. Turner Mountain stands 2,083 m to the east-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Ballard Spring, a spring 4.3 miles away. 113 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- The Nature Conservancy
How to reach it
113 named places within 25 miles
- Dewitt Peak: 4.7 mi
- Potato Hill: 5.9 mi
- Bald Knob: 8.0 mi
- Table Mountain: 10.6 mi
- Tuscan Buttes: 11.9 mi
- Ballard Spring: 4.3 mi
- Mud Spring: 8.1 mi
- Tuscan Springs: 11.0 mi
- Emigrant Spring: 11.6 mi
- Cave Spring: 12.0 mi
- Mill Creek Park: 7.7 mi
- Halbert Park: 8.3 mi
- Gerber Park: 8.3 mi
- Parks of Study and Reflection - Red Bluff: 11.1 mi
- Red Bluff Recreation Area: 11.4 mi
- Monolith: 11.0 mi
- Fountain: 11.0 mi
- Portal: 11.0 mi
- IN HONOR OF ALL CHICO AREA VETERANS: 23.4 mi
- LT. John C. Helmick Rest Area: 15.0 mi
- LT. John C. Helmick Rest Area: 15.1 mi
- Herbert S. Miles Rest Area: 17.0 mi
- Herbert S. Miles Rest Area: 18.2 mi
- Tehama County Museum: 8.3 mi
- Kelly-Griggs House Museum: 13.0 mi
- Chico Air Museum: 22.2 mi
- Steamboat Point: 16.3 mi
- Mill Creek Rim: 19.1 mi
- Dales Lake Ecological Reserve: 16.5 mi
- Deer Creek Preserve: 22.5 mi
- Deadhorse Falls: 20.5 mi
- Lower Deer Creek Falls: 22.8 mi
- Discovery Garden: 11.2 mi
- Soto: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gray Davis Dye Creek Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turner Mountain | ENE 57° | 2,083 m | 24.5 mi |
| Lyons Peak | NE 55° | 2,022 m | 23.6 mi |
| Onion Butte | ENE 74° | 1,771 m | 24.0 mi |
| Onion Summit | ENE 71° | 1,698 m | 23.4 mi |
| Barkley Mountain | ENE 77° | 1,364 m | 17.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf | E 80° | 1,339 m | 20.2 mi |
| Ike Dye Hill | E 93° | 1,338 m | 20.3 mi |
| Flatiron Mountain | ENE 78° | 1,332 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:03 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 55 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 80 | 75 | 65 | 53 | 47 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RED Bluff Muni AP, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1497155824
Day trips start here
- Tehama County · 12 mi
- Red Bluff · 13 mi
- Corning · 15 mi
- Cottonwood · 25 mi
- Chico · 26 mi
- Anderson · 28 mi
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