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Empire Mine State Historic Park

Empire Mine State Historic Park from directly overhead

Empire Mine State Historic Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 783 m. Frost Hill stands 1,195 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Bourn Cottage, a attraction 0.3 miles away.

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Coordinates39.20480, -121.05014
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Ophir Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Granite Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Gold Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Osborne Hill: 1.5 mi
  • American Ranch Hill: 4.3 mi
Parks: 56
  • Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Empire Mine State Historic Park: 0.7 mi
  • Elisabeth Daniels Park: 1.1 mi
  • Minnie Park: 1.3 mi
  • Watt Park: 1.4 mi
Historic sites: 26
Cliffs: 19
Museums: 12
Attractions: 9
  • Bourn Cottage: 0.3 mi
  • Purdon Crossing: 8.5 mi
  • Emerald Pool: 8.8 mi
  • China Dam: 8.8 mi
  • cave: 9.3 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Springs: 8
  • Oven Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Jackies Orchard Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Holden Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Willow Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Derbec Spring: 15.8 mi
Beaches: 7
Picnic sites: 7
  • Overlook Point Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
  • Humbug Creek Picknic: 11.2 mi
  • White Cloud Picnic Site: 13.5 mi
  • Collins Lake Group Picnic Area #1: 17.1 mi
  • Ralston Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Bourn Gardens: 0.3 mi
  • Nisenan Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Dutch Flat Community Garden: 11.3 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 12.3 mi
  • Community Garden: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Codfish Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 17.8 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Eagle: 19.7 mi
  • Giant Indian Statues: 20.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Empire Mine State Historic Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Frost HillE 93°1,195 m12.3 mi
Banner MountainENE 58°1,188 m5.4 mi
Roach HillESE 112°1,131 m13.0 mi
Quaker HillENE 61°1,126 m9.0 mi
Cold Spring HillESE 105°1,123 m10.3 mi
Bogus PointESE 103°1,104 m12.1 mi
Camel HumpE 85°1,090 m10.7 mi
Buck MountainNE 34°1,071 m13.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:16
June solstice05:3919:5420:35
September equinox06:5318:2819:03
December solstice07:2116:0316:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434548515966737267584843
Precip in9.39.08.24.42.50.70.00.10.42.65.510.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grass Valley #2, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Yellow Star-tulip154 obs
  • Mountain Misery145 obs
  • California incense-cedar103 obs
  • California black oak101 obs
  • broad-leaved sweet pea101 obs
  • Pacific madrone98 obs
  • Western Starflower94 obs
  • Pacific poison oak90 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/40118664

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