Bagby Recreation Area
Bagby Recreation Area is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 327 m. Pilot Peak stands 1,826 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Fremont’s Fort, a historic site 1.6 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 18 miles off.
How to reach it
- 18.2 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Williams Peak: 2.5 mi
- Buckhorn Peak: 3.7 mi
- Virginia Point: 4.4 mi
- Fremont Peak: 4.5 mi
- Bullion Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Hunters Valley Point Recreation Area: 6.5 mi
- Coulterville Main Street Historic District: 7.9 mi
- Coulterville Park: 7.9 mi
- McClure Point Recreation Area: 8.1 mi
- Horseshoe Bend Recreation Area: 8.4 mi
- Morning Star Spring: 2.1 mi
- Fremont Spring: 4.5 mi
- Barrel Spring: 9.8 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 9.9 mi
- Sheepcamp Spring: 11.0 mi
- Fremont’s Fort: 1.6 mi
- September 11, 2001 Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 16.1 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 17.3 mi
- Tuolumne Gold Dredge: 19.2 mi
- The Northern Mariposa Country History Center: 7.9 mi
- Mariposa Museum and History Center: 12.0 mi
- California State Mining and Mineral Museum: 14.1 mi
- Groveland Jail: 16.7 mi
- Groveland Museum: 16.7 mi
- Diana Falls: 10.2 mi
- Little Nellie Falls: 20.3 mi
- Carlon Falls: 20.4 mi
- Chinquapin Falls: 20.7 mi
- Foresta Falls: 20.9 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 20.6 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 22.3 mi
- Merced Grasslands: 22.7 mi
- Merced County Preserve: 22.8 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 23.0 mi
- Cat Town: 3.1 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 7.2 mi
- Mount Ophir: 7.5 mi
- Agua Fria: 10.5 mi
- Chinese Camp: 24.5 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 15.8 mi
- Remote Camp: 16.3 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Moccasin Point: 18.9 mi
- Carlon Day Use Area: 20.2 mi
- Merced Grove: 18.4 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 19.2 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 19.2 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 20.7 mi
- Heisler #2 Steam Engine: 24.9 mi
- Dedication Garden: 16.1 mi
- Gardening Club Orchard: 23.0 mi
- Gardening Club: 23.7 mi
- Gardening Club: 23.7 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 16.9 mi
- Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 17.0 mi
- Dunn Court Beach: 17.3 mi
- Beginnings: 23.4 mi
- Bobcat: 23.5 mi
- Big Rufus: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Bagby Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Peak | NE 45° | 1,826 m | 14.8 mi |
| Big Grizzly Mountain | ENE 60° | 1,575 m | 14.7 mi |
| Trumbull Peak | ENE 70° | 1,521 m | 15.5 mi |
| Sweetwater Point | ESE 102° | 1,406 m | 13.6 mi |
| Buckingham Mountain | ESE 112° | 1,367 m | 15.9 mi |
| Little Grizzly Mountain | ENE 59° | 1,323 m | 13.5 mi |
| Bullion Knob | SE 135° | 1,297 m | 7.5 mi |
| Fremont Peak | SE 142° | 1,277 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:47 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:05 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 44 | 48 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 6.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groveland 2, 17 mi away.
- yellow clustered broomrape11 obs
- Toyon10 obs
- California yerba santa10 obs
- Bush Poppy9 obs
- caterpillar scorpionweed8 obs
- milkwort jewelflower8 obs
- Nanularia californica8 obs
- White Globe Lily7 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/44043546
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