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Traylor Ranch Nature Reserve

Traylor Ranch Nature Reserve from directly overhead

Traylor Ranch Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 130 m. Mameluke Hill stands 822 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Antelope Creek Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.1 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
Placer County

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.85211, -121.20933

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Boulder Ridge Park: 1.5 mi
  • Sunrise Loomis Community Park: 1.5 mi
  • Pleasant Valley Creek Park: 2.3 mi
  • Blue Anchor Park: 2.3 mi
  • Pasillas Park: 2.3 mi
Peaks
  • Telegraph Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Sugarloaf: 3.4 mi
  • Thunder hill: 3.4 mi
  • Bald Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Duncan Hill: 6.8 mi
Museums: 41
Historic sites: 40
Artworks: 27
Gardens: 22
  • Prayer Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Ridgeview EcoLab: 8.3 mi
  • Border Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Pheonix Community Garden: 13.9 mi
  • Community Garden: 16.5 mi
Nature reserves: 18
  • Wesley Reserve: 3.9 mi
  • Auburn Ravine Nature Preserve: 5.4 mi
  • Miners Ravine Nature Reserve: 7.0 mi
  • Anderson Island Natural Preserve: 7.1 mi
  • Mahany Nature Reserve: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Keirwin's Corner: 7.6 mi
  • Shark Tank: 8.4 mi
  • Wreckage Wall: 11.3 mi
  • Memorial Wall: 11.3 mi
  • Horseshoe Canyon: 11.4 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Turrtle Bend: 4.6 mi
  • Oregon Bar: 8.3 mi
  • Tamaroo Bar: 9.2 mi
  • Pit Stop Beach: 12.9 mi
  • Laurel Beach: 13.1 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Antelope Creek Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
  • Sturzen Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
  • "Love Comes Softly" movie set: 12.6 mi
  • Picnic Tables: 15.7 mi
  • Group community site: 17.0 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Antelope Creek Falla: 3.6 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Leete Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Pecker Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 16.9 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Attractions: 5
Springs: 2
  • Wetland Preserve: 3.4 mi
  • Huff Mineral Spring: 4.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Traylor Ranch Nature Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mameluke HillENE 78°822 m20.3 mi
Bottle HillENE 72°807 m20.3 mi
Wolf MountainNNE 17°802 m20.3 mi
Howell HillNE 41°793 m19.6 mi
Cement HillENE 72°785 m20.1 mi
Bald HillE 85°750 m19.2 mi
Coyote HillNE 42°737 m17.1 mi
Hotchkiss HillNE 49°710 m16.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4219:17
June solstice05:4119:5420:34
September equinox06:5318:2819:03
December solstice07:2116:0516:47

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, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/357016875

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