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Gold Nugget County Recreation Area

Gold Nugget County Recreation Area from directly overhead

Gold Nugget County Recreation Area is a park in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 338 m. Timber Mountain stands 1,341 m to the south-southwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Gold Nugget Wayside, a park 0.1 miles away. Rogue-Umpqua runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
338 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.45691, -123.02977

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Attractions: 25
  • Gold Gulch: 3.9 mi
  • Historic Nunan House: 10.0 mi
  • Historic C.C. Beekman House: 10.5 mi
  • Linda Brody Memorial Fountain: 10.6 mi
  • Rogue Valley Model Railroad Club: 10.6 mi
Historic sites: 21
  • Gold Hill Dam: 1.4 mi
  • Abandoned Gold Hill Power Plant: 1.4 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Tree: 1.9 mi
  • Dedication by the faculty and students: 2.0 mi
  • In Memory of Karen Chandler: 2.0 mi
Artworks: 12
  • Rogue River: 1.9 mi
  • River Hawks: 7.3 mi
  • Rogue Gallery & Art Center: 12.1 mi
  • Grants Pass Caveman: 15.0 mi
  • The Glass Forge Gallery and Studio: 15.4 mi
Museums: 11
Gardens: 11
Nature reserves: 7
  • Whetstone Savanna Preserve: 6.9 mi
  • Agate Desert Preserve: 7.4 mi
  • William Mott Memorial Park: 8.2 mi
  • Jacksonville Forest Park: 9.0 mi
  • Beekman Woods: 10.6 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Waterfalls: 4
Rest areas: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • E: 7.4 mi
  • Roxy Ann Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
  • Madrone Ledge Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
  • Madrone: 24.4 mi
Cliffs: 4
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Gold Nugget County Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Timber MountainSSW 192°1,341 m9.3 mi
Elk MountainWNW 298°1,341 m12.5 mi
Mount IsabelleSSW 200°1,329 m11.3 mi
Horse MountainN 4°1,269 m16.2 mi
Old Blue MountainSSW 212°1,231 m12.3 mi
Spignet ButteN 5°1,226 m11.9 mi
Baldy MountainS 191°1,212 m10.1 mi
Battle MountainNNW 342°1,212 m13.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4719:25
June solstice05:3620:1120:54
September equinox07:0018:3419:11
December solstice07:3915:5716:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404448536067757568564539
Precip in2.72.01.81.51.30.70.20.30.51.22.63.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Medford Intl AP, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • white campion9 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard8 obs
  • Pacific madrone8 obs
  • California black oak5 obs
  • Yellow Star-Thistle5 obs
  • Western Ponderosa Pine4 obs
  • Tolmie's pussy ears4 obs
  • Pacific poison oak4 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357304789

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