North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve
North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 321 m. Big Bar Mountain stands 1,332 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Beatson Corral, a historic site 0.1 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- California Department of Fish and Wildlife
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- South Table Mountain: 2.7 mi
- The High Rocks: 2.7 mi
- Sorensen Hill: 3.0 mi
- North Table Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Sugarloaf: 3.6 mi
- Thermalito Forebay North Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Bloomer Primitive Recreation Area: 4.3 mi
- Nelson Park: 4.4 mi
- Hammon Park: 4.8 mi
- Potters Ravine Recreation Area: 5.0 mi
- Beatson Falls: 0.6 mi
- Lower Ravine Falls: 0.8 mi
- Hollow Falls: 1.0 mi
- Crevice Falls: 1.0 mi
- Little Hollow Falls: 1.0 mi
- bath house museum: 5.2 mi
- Pioneer History Museum: 5.3 mi
- Oroville Chinese Temple: 5.4 mi
- Butte County Historical Society Museum: 5.6 mi
- C F Lott Historic Home: 5.6 mi
- Beatson Corral: 0.1 mi
- World Trade Center artifact: 5.8 mi
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013: 15.7 mi
- Phagna Norapamok Memorial: 17.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 17.2 mi
- Downtown Kaleidoscope: 17.3 mi
- Wildcat Sculpture: 17.4 mi
- Monoliths: 17.4 mi
- Steel "Sculpture": 17.5 mi
- Three Sisters: 17.5 mi
- Bloomer: 4.8 mi
- Bidwell's Bar: 7.3 mi
- Hamilton: 10.2 mi
- Brush: 11.4 mi
- Chandon: 19.8 mi
- Clarenback Point: 7.2 mi
- Cape Horn: 8.3 mi
- East China Point: 19.6 mi
- Elephant Butte: 22.6 mi
- Chico Seed Orchard: 13.9 mi
- George Petersen Rose Garden: 17.5 mi
- Mary Lemcke Camellia Garden: 17.5 mi
- Rose Garden: 17.5 mi
- Hespol Memorial Spring: 8.2 mi
- Hog Spring: 14.5 mi
- Colyear Springs: 18.4 mi
- Five Mile: 16.7 mi
- Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- Collins Lake Group Picnic Area #1: 22.1 mi
- Oroville Wildlife Management Area: 9.5 mi
- Collins Lake Beach: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bar Mountain | NNE 31° | 1,332 m | 14.9 mi |
| Quartz Hill | E 81° | 1,325 m | 19.9 mi |
| Flea Mountain | NNE 18° | 1,299 m | 17.2 mi |
| Sky High | ENE 59° | 1,275 m | 18.8 mi |
| Shute Mountain | ENE 62° | 1,255 m | 16.6 mi |
| Swain Hill | E 84° | 1,248 m | 17.6 mi |
| Hungary Hunt Peak | NNE 30° | 1,227 m | 14.0 mi |
| Pompys Point | ENE 67° | 1,214 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:03 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 57 | 61 | 68 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 73 | 65 | 55 | 49 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oroville, 5 mi away.
- purple owl's-clover511 obs
- Kellogg's monkeyflower499 obs
- Sierra mock stonecrop415 obs
- bird's-eye gilia395 obs
- white-tipped clover390 obs
- Johnnytuck381 obs
- glue-seed331 obs
- Mountain Jewelflower329 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1131079767
Day trips start here
- Chico · 17 mi
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