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Ash Creek Wildlife Area

Ash Creek Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Ash Creek Wildlife Area is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,265 m. Knox Mountain stands 2,149 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Pilot Butte, a peak 3.4 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
1265 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.18850, -121.05580

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 6
Cliffs: 3
Historic sites: 2
  • Site of the First School in Fall River Valley: 16.8 mi
  • Lockhart Ferry: 23.9 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Young Falls: 16.9 mi
Museums: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Ash Creek Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Knox MountainE 91°2,149 m18.6 mi
Manzanita MountainENE 65°2,137 m14.6 mi
Grouse MountainNE 48°2,111 m14.4 mi
Horsehead MountainNE 49°1,988 m13.7 mi
Schaffer MountainNNE 31°1,988 m14.1 mi
Hermit ButteNE 55°1,979 m17.3 mi
Spring HillSE 141°1,955 m18.5 mi
Fox MountainN 11°1,943 m5.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:17
June solstice05:3220:0020:41
September equinox06:5218:2719:03
December solstice07:2715:5516:39

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363842475562706863524134
Precip in1.91.51.71.61.70.80.20.20.41.01.62.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Adin RS, 6 mi away.

  • water ragwort5 obs
  • woad5 obs
  • Gopher Snake2 obs
  • Mule Deer2 obs
  • Pronghorn2 obs
  • Painted Lady2 obs
  • creeping thistle2 obs
  • needleleaf navarretia2 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358795358

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