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Goat Ranch Recreation Area

Goat Ranch Recreation Area from directly overhead

Goat Ranch Recreation Area is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 283 m. Duffey Dome stands 1,684 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocky Peak, a peak 0.4 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
283 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.65461, -121.49858

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Waterfalls: 21
Museums: 17
Historic sites: 8
  • Beatson Corral: 5.9 mi
  • World Trade Center artifact: 8.2 mi
  • IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013: 17.2 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 18.0 mi
  • Phagna Norapamok Memorial: 18.8 mi
Artworks: 7
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 4
Gardens: 4
Nature reserves: 2
Beaches: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Goat Ranch Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Duffey DomeNE 36°1,684 m16.7 mi
Soapstone HillNE 40°1,670 m16.2 mi
Glazer PointENE 57°1,645 m16.6 mi
Bear Ranch HillNNE 28°1,455 m15.0 mi
Little Marble ConeENE 66°1,421 m16.0 mi
Whiskey HillENE 75°1,418 m16.6 mi
Big Bar MountainNNE 24°1,332 m9.3 mi
Quartz HillE 94°1,325 m15.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:18
June solstice05:3919:5720:38
September equinox06:5418:2919:05
December solstice07:2416:0316:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F474953576473797874645347
Precip in10.210.18.34.62.30.80.00.20.42.85.511.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paradise, 10 mi away.

  • diamond clarkia4 obs
  • Sierra Newt3 obs
  • largeflower bush monkeyflower3 obs
  • Turkey Vulture2 obs
  • western blue-eyed grass2 obs
  • White Globe Lily2 obs
  • Bowltube Iris2 obs
  • jimsonweed2 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/358824410

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