Foreman Creek Recreation Area
Foreman Creek Recreation Area is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 349 m. Whiskey Hill stands 1,418 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Ratchel, a peak 1.2 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 349 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Ratchel: 1.2 mi
- Mount Hope: 2.1 mi
- The High Rocks: 3.2 mi
- South Bidwell Hill: 4.0 mi
- Monte de Oro: 4.2 mi
- Lake Oroville State Recreation Area: 1.6 mi
- Potters Ravine Recreation Area: 2.4 mi
- Bloomer Primitive Recreation Area: 3.0 mi
- Sycamore Creek Recreation Area: 3.2 mi
- Kelly Ridge Recreation Area: 3.2 mi
- Schirmer Cascade: 4.6 mi
- Schirmer Falls: 4.7 mi
- Hollow Falls: 4.9 mi
- Little Hollow Falls: 5.0 mi
- Ravine Twin Falls: 5.3 mi
- bath house museum: 6.6 mi
- Pioneer History Museum: 6.9 mi
- Butte County Historical Society Museum: 7.0 mi
- Oroville Chinese Temple: 7.4 mi
- C F Lott Historic Home: 7.6 mi
- Cape Horn: 10.1 mi
- Clarenback Point: 12.4 mi
- East China Point: 20.3 mi
- Elephant Butte: 20.7 mi
- Marble Cone: 22.0 mi
- Beatson Corral: 5.9 mi
- World Trade Center artifact: 11.0 mi
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013: 20.8 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 22.0 mi
- Phagna Norapamok Memorial: 22.4 mi
- Downtown Kaleidoscope: 22.6 mi
- Wildcat Sculpture: 22.6 mi
- Monoliths: 22.7 mi
- Three Sisters: 22.7 mi
- Ring Roll: 22.7 mi
- Bidwell's Bar: 2.3 mi
- Bloomer: 3.1 mi
- Brush: 8.2 mi
- Hamilton: 13.2 mi
- Chandon: 21.6 mi
- Chico Seed Orchard: 19.1 mi
- Rose Garden: 22.7 mi
- Mary Lemcke Camellia Garden: 22.7 mi
- George Petersen Rose Garden: 22.7 mi
- Hespol Memorial Spring: 11.5 mi
- Hog Spring: 18.8 mi
- Colyear Springs: 24.1 mi
- Collins Lake Group Picnic Area #1: 18.9 mi
- Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Five Mile: 21.4 mi
- North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 5.9 mi
- Oroville Wildlife Management Area: 12.0 mi
- Collins Lake Beach: 18.9 mi
- Bridgeport Covered Bridge: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Foreman Creek Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiskey Hill | ENE 57° | 1,418 m | 16.7 mi |
| Big Bar Mountain | N 8° | 1,332 m | 13.3 mi |
| Quartz Hill | ENE 75° | 1,325 m | 14.3 mi |
| Flea Mountain | N 358° | 1,299 m | 16.8 mi |
| Sky High | NE 46° | 1,275 m | 14.3 mi |
| Shute Mountain | NE 48° | 1,255 m | 12.0 mi |
| Swain Hill | E 80° | 1,248 m | 11.9 mi |
| Hungary Hunt Peak | N 6° | 1,227 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:57 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:03 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 57 | 61 | 68 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 73 | 65 | 55 | 49 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oroville, 7 mi away.
- Variegated Meadowhawk15 obs
- Spot-winged Glider11 obs
- Manzanita Butter Clumps8 obs
- Butte County golden clover6 obs
- Western Fence Lizard3 obs
- Mule Deer3 obs
- Redstem Stork's-bill3 obs
- Pipevine Swallowtail3 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 node/358824402
Day trips start here
- Chico · 23 mi
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