Catheys Valley Park
Catheys Valley Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 430 m. Kirby Peak stands 1,642 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildcat Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 26 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 430 m
How to reach it
- 25.8 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wildcat Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Guadalupe Mountains: 2.1 mi
- Catheys Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Smoky Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Shultz Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Mariposa Park: 7.3 mi
- Mariposa Art Park: 7.4 mi
- Hornitos Park: 9.4 mi
- Midpines Park: 11.0 mi
- Bagby Recreation Area: 12.2 mi
- Barrel Spring: 2.7 mi
- Apple Tree Spring: 3.0 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 3.5 mi
- Sheepcamp Spring: 6.3 mi
- Fremont Spring: 8.6 mi
- Mariposa Museum and History Center: 7.2 mi
- California State Mining and Mineral Museum: 7.8 mi
- Ag Museum: 17.6 mi
- The Northern Mariposa Country History Center: 19.8 mi
- Agricultural Museum Of Merced County: 20.1 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 16.7 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 18.0 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 18.1 mi
- Merced County Preserve: 18.9 mi
- Merced Grasslands: 19.6 mi
- Agua Fria: 4.9 mi
- Mount Ophir: 5.4 mi
- Cat Town: 14.3 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 18.3 mi
- September 11, 2001 Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Fremont’s Fort: 10.6 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 14.8 mi
- Carol Tomlinson-Keasey Memorial Quad: 19.1 mi
- Chowchilla Recreation Area: 15.8 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 20.3 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
- Gold Rush BBQ: 24.8 mi
- Gardening Club Orchard: 18.7 mi
- Gardening Club: 19.5 mi
- Gardening Club: 19.5 mi
- Beginnings: 19.2 mi
- Bobcat: 19.3 mi
- Big Rufus: 19.4 mi
- Diana Falls: 21.2 mi
- Chinquapin Falls: 24.0 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 24.7 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 23.2 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 23.2 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 24.3 mi
- Highway Patrol Weigh Station: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Catheys Valley Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirby Peak | ENE 70° | 1,642 m | 16.9 mi |
| Sweetwater Point | NE 50° | 1,406 m | 14.3 mi |
| Buckingham Mountain | ENE 65° | 1,367 m | 13.8 mi |
| Bullion Knob | NNE 25° | 1,297 m | 7.3 mi |
| Fremont Peak | N 4° | 1,277 m | 8.4 mi |
| Bullion Mountain | N 4° | 1,272 m | 8.4 mi |
| Feliciana Mountain | NE 40° | 1,250 m | 14.1 mi |
| Buckhorn Peak | N 352° | 1,147 m | 15.8 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 | 19:46 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:06 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 36 | 39 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 65 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 7.6 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SO Entrance Yosemite NP, 25 mi away.
- Red-tailed Hawk4 obs
- blue oak4 obs
- turkey mullein4 obs
- Wild Turkey3 obs
- House Sparrow3 obs
- Gopher Snake3 obs
- Sierra Newt3 obs
- Limestone Salamander2 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/227744519
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