Hat Creek Park
Hat Creek Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,009 m. Crater Peak stands 2,552 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Brush Mountain, a peak 3.7 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1009 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Brush Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Haney Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Saddle Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Jamo Point: 4.5 mi
- Burney Spring Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Pit River Falls: 4.5 mi
- Burney Falls: 5.5 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 7.2 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 8.8 mi
- Young Falls: 13.3 mi
- Hat Creek Rim: 13.5 mi
- Beaver Creek Rim: 13.5 mi
- Butte Creek Rim: 13.7 mi
- The Rim: 19.3 mi
- Butte Creek Rim: 19.5 mi
- Fall River Lions Community Park: 6.3 mi
- Washburn Blue Park: 8.9 mi
- Burney Civic Park: 9.0 mi
- Clara Bieber Memorial Park: 24.1 mi
- "Stand by Me" Bridge: 4.1 mi
- Hat Creek Radio Observatory: 12.0 mi
- Lockhart Ferry: 6.2 mi
- Site of the First School in Fall River Valley: 13.2 mi
- Old Station Day Use Area: 21.8 mi
- Hat Creek Campground Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
- Deer Springs: 22.0 mi
- Dad Lofton Spring: 24.9 mi
- Fort Crook Museum: 6.1 mi
- Hillcrest Rest Area: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Hat Creek Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crater Peak | S 190° | 2,552 m | 19.6 mi |
| Burney Mountain | SSW 197° | 2,395 m | 12.3 mi |
| Freaner Peak | S 182° | 2,250 m | 16.5 mi |
| Hall Butte | S 180° | 2,177 m | 19.5 mi |
| Snow Mountain | SW 220° | 2,076 m | 19.4 mi |
| Eiler Butte | S 181° | 2,048 m | 17.5 mi |
| Wilcox Peak | S 171° | 1,960 m | 19.9 mi |
| Widow Mountain | NE 47° | 1,928 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:01 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:58 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 38 | 43 | 48 | 56 | 63 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 41 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — HAT Creek, 3 mi away.
- Brown's Peony10 obs
- fragrant sumac9 obs
- Bald Eagle7 obs
- plains evening primrose7 obs
- showy milkweed7 obs
- Great Blue Heron6 obs
- Acorn Woodpecker6 obs
- deerbrush ceanothus6 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/358808990
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