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Charles Howard Park

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Charles Howard Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 98 m. Mount Crossman stands 1,184 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Iron Ivan, a historic site 0.7 miles away. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
98 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.34297, -120.93022

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks: 57
Museums: 15
  • Preston Castle: 1.3 mi
  • Amador Whitney Museum: 7.8 mi
  • Monteverde Store Museum: 7.8 mi
  • Knight Foundry: 7.9 mi
  • Change House Museum and Gift Shop: 8.3 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Historic Joseph H. Thomas House: 7.8 mi
  • Sutter Gold Mine: 7.9 mi
  • The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown: 7.9 mi
  • Kennedy Gold Mine: 8.3 mi
  • Black Chasm Cavern: 17.6 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • Iron Ivan: 0.7 mi
  • Keystone Mine: 7.7 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 1: 8.5 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 2: 8.5 mi
  • Massa Tunnel: 8.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 3
  • Spanish Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Canzatti Spring: 22.8 mi
  • Marble Springs: 23.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • A Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
  • B Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
  • C Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
Gardens: 2
  • F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 17.8 mi
  • Elk Grove Community Garden: 23.6 mi
Beaches: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Pecker Falls: 22.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Charles Howard Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CrossmanENE 68°1,184 m23.1 mi
Round MountainNE 51°1,063 m21.7 mi
Cement HillNE 49°1,018 m22.8 mi
Fort MountainE 90°999 m24.7 mi
Mount ZionENE 78°899 m15.4 mi
Joaquin PeakSE 137°854 m19.0 mi
Quiggs MountainESE 114°843 m18.9 mi
Mount AukumNE 35°797 m19.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:16
June solstice05:4119:5220:31
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:1816:0616:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475052566371787773655447
Precip in6.15.74.92.81.70.40.00.00.21.73.15.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sutter Hill CDF, 7 mi away.

  • interior live oak36 obs
  • Whiteleaf Manzanita20 obs
  • orange bush monkeyflower14 obs
  • California yerba santa13 obs
  • chamise12 obs
  • blue oak9 obs
  • valley oak7 obs
  • Common Manzanita7 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/358827138

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