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Bloomer Primitive Recreation Area

Bloomer Primitive Recreation Area from directly overhead

Bloomer Primitive Recreation Area is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 298 m. Bear Ranch Hill stands 1,455 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Bloomer, a ghost town 0.5 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
298 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.61850, -121.49719

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Waterfalls: 21
Museums: 17
Historic sites: 8
  • Beatson Corral: 4.4 mi
  • World Trade Center artifact: 8.5 mi
  • IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013: 18.1 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 19.2 mi
  • Phagna Norapamok Memorial: 19.7 mi
Artworks: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 5
Gardens: 4
Springs: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Beaches: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Bloomer Primitive Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bear Ranch HillNNE 24°1,455 m17.2 mi
Little Marble ConeENE 58°1,421 m17.1 mi
Whiskey HillENE 67°1,418 m17.4 mi
Big Bar MountainNNE 19°1,332 m11.6 mi
Quartz HillE 85°1,325 m15.8 mi
Flea MountainN 5°1,299 m14.6 mi
Sky HighENE 58°1,275 m14.5 mi
Shute MountainENE 62°1,255 m12.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:18
June solstice05:3919:5720:38
September equinox06:5418:2919:05
December solstice07:2416:0316:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495257616875807873655549
Precip in5.85.64.72.21.40.60.00.10.41.32.85.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oroville, 8 mi away.

  • Warrior's Plume3 obs
  • milk thistle3 obs
  • Serpentine Bittercress3 obs
  • Virginia Opossum2 obs
  • Buckbrush2 obs
  • western blue-eyed grass2 obs
  • Whiteleaf Manzanita2 obs
  • Humboldt's Lily2 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/358824384

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