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Folsom City Park

Folsom City Park from directly overhead

Folsom City Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 90 m. Shoemaker Hill stands 930 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Folsom Rodeo Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
90 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.68301, -121.16649

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Nedbelle Peak: 1.5 mi
  • Blisk Peak: 1.6 mi
  • Horse Shoe Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Volcano Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Carpenter Hill: 4.3 mi
Historic sites: 42
Attractions: 39
  • Cameron Park CSD Pool: 8.9 mi
  • Southwind Labradors: 9.0 mi
  • Safetyville USA: 12.8 mi
  • Little Saigon: 18.7 mi
  • Sacramento Adventure Playground: 20.0 mi
Artworks: 36
Gardens: 28
  • Pheonix Community Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Ridgeview EcoLab: 4.0 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 9.2 mi
  • Border Garden: 12.9 mi
  • Yermol Memorial: 16.3 mi
Nature reserves: 16
  • Natomas Station Wildlife Area: 1.9 mi
  • Mormon Island Wetlands Natural Preserve: 3.0 mi
  • Miners Ravine Nature Reserve: 5.0 mi
  • Anderson Island Natural Preserve: 8.2 mi
  • Mahany Nature Reserve: 10.9 mi
Picnic sites: 14
Cliffs: 8
Beaches: 7
  • Laurel Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Moot Rock Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Horse Shoe Hill Shore: 2.4 mi
  • Pit Stop Beach: 12.6 mi
  • Oregon Bar: 13.8 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Leete Falls: 0.4 mi
  • Pecker Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Antelope Creek Falla: 8.8 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Rock Creek: 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 3
  • Huff Mineral Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Wetland Preserve: 9.0 mi
  • Spanish Spring: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Folsom City Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shoemaker HillNE 54°930 m23.9 mi
Mameluke HillNE 48°822 m23.7 mi
Cement HillNE 43°785 m24.5 mi
Round HillENE 64°775 m22.7 mi
Spanish HillENE 63°760 m21.4 mi
Negro HillENE 77°751 m22.0 mi
Bald HillNE 52°750 m21.5 mi
Union HillENE 77°719 m21.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4219:17
June solstice05:4119:5420:33
September equinox06:5318:2819:03
December solstice07:2016:0516:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475053566472787773645347
Precip in7.06.56.12.81.60.40.00.10.21.43.06.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Auburn, 16 mi away.

  • California buckeye226 obs
  • Pipevine Swallowtail187 obs
  • orange bush monkeyflower167 obs
  • Bald Eagle160 obs
  • California Dutchman's Pipe113 obs
  • Elegant Clarkia110 obs
  • Canada Goose106 obs
  • Pacific poison oak102 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 way/40118735

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