Horse Creek Recreation Area
Horse Creek Recreation Area is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 220 m. Paradise Peak stands 2,854 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Tharps Peak, a peak 1.3 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 220 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Tharps Peak: 1.3 mi
- Lemon Hill: 2.5 mi
- Limekiln Hill: 2.9 mi
- Steve Barton Point: 4.3 mi
- Wutchumna Hill: 4.3 mi
- Lake Kaweah Recreation Area: 1.4 mi
- Slick Rock Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
- Kaweah Recreation Area: 1.9 mi
- Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 2.3 mi
- Willow Court Park: 7.9 mi
- Gassenberg Spring: 7.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 9.8 mi
- Indian Painting Spring: 10.0 mi
- Coon Spring: 10.3 mi
- McClure Spring: 10.5 mi
- Tunnel Rock: 11.1 mi
- Hanging Rock: 15.0 mi
- Buttress Tree: 15.3 mi
- Auto Log: 15.3 mi
- Parker Group: 15.4 mi
- Marble Falls: 14.5 mi
- Panther Creek Falls: 16.6 mi
- Lower Buck Creek Falls: 19.6 mi
- Tufa Falls: 20.2 mi
- Tokopah Falls: 21.1 mi
- Old Ranger Station: 13.7 mi
- Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 15.6 mi
- Alles Cabin: 16.5 mi
- Crabtree Cabin: 20.3 mi
- Empire Mill Ruins: 20.5 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 13.6 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
- Sunset Point Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 5.1 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 15.7 mi
- ImagineU Children's Museum: 18.8 mi
- Tulare County Museum: 21.2 mi
- Porterville Historical Museum: 22.4 mi
- Dry Creek Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Homer Ranch Preserve: 6.7 mi
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 15.1 mi
- Bravo Lake Botanical Garden: 7.8 mi
- Ralph S. Moore Rose Garden: 20.1 mi
- World's Largest Olive: 15.3 mi
- End of Trail Statue: 21.3 mi
- Valhalla: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Horse Creek Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise Peak | ENE 67° | 2,854 m | 15.6 mi |
| Cahoon Rock | E 93° | 2,798 m | 14.8 mi |
| Homer's Nose | E 92° | 2,734 m | 12.1 mi |
| Dennison Mountain | ESE 113° | 2,645 m | 12.7 mi |
| Pine Top Mountain | ENE 69° | 2,418 m | 14.4 mi |
| The Fin | ENE 58° | 2,329 m | 15.7 mi |
| Castle Rock Spire | ENE 58° | 2,316 m | 15.5 mi |
| Dennison Peak | ESE 121° | 2,226 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:39 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:05 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 58 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 81 | 76 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lemon Cove, 4 mi away.
- Sacred Datura11 obs
- California Ground Squirrel10 obs
- blue oak9 obs
- buttonbush9 obs
- white-tipped clover9 obs
- Acorn Woodpecker8 obs
- Canyon liveforever7 obs
- Common Merganser6 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/358816362
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