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Horseshoe Bend Recreation Area

Horseshoe Bend Recreation Area from directly overhead

Horseshoe Bend Recreation Area is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 274 m. Pilot Peak stands 1,826 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Horseshoe Bend, a ghost town 1.4 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 21 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
274 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.69566, -120.23784

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 37
Springs: 18
  • Morning Star Spring: 7.3 mi
  • McNulty Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Freeze-Out Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Salt Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Fremont Spring: 12.9 mi
Museums: 12
Historic sites: 11
  • Fremont’s Fort: 9.7 mi
  • Miner’s Camp: 11.9 mi
  • Tuolumne Gold Dredge: 13.8 mi
  • Mark Twain Bret Harte Trail - Chinese Camp: 16.1 mi
  • Old Crimea House: 16.2 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Picnic sites: 7
  • Moccasin Point: 10.6 mi
  • Remote Camp: 12.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 21.5 mi
  • Indian Flat Day Use: 21.5 mi
  • Carlon Day Use Area: 22.1 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Attractions: 7
Waterfalls: 4
Beaches: 3
  • Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Lake Lodge Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Dunn Court Beach: 11.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
Gardens: 2
Artworks: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Horseshoe Bend Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilot PeakENE 74°1,826 m17.1 mi
Little Grizzly MountainE 86°1,323 m17.6 mi
Bullion KnobSE 134°1,297 m15.9 mi
Fremont PeakSE 137°1,277 m12.9 mi
Bullion MountainSE 137°1,272 m12.9 mi
Wet Meadow HillNNE 15°1,206 m15.8 mi
SugarloafNNE 20°1,180 m14.8 mi
Smith PeakNE 46°1,175 m10.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3919:13
June solstice05:4019:4820:27
September equinox06:5018:2518:59
December solstice07:1316:0516:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424448515967747367584841
Precip in7.26.96.33.02.20.40.00.10.32.13.56.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groveland 2, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • chamise5 obs
  • California yerba santa4 obs
  • Canada Goose2 obs
  • Butterfly Mariposa Lily2 obs
  • gray pine2 obs
  • California Towhee2 obs
  • Sawfinger Scorpion2 obs
  • turkey mullein2 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 way/44043540

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