Hunters Valley Point Recreation Area
Hunters Valley Point Recreation Area is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 278 m. Pilot Peak stands 1,826 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Horseshoe Bend, a ghost town 0.8 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 21 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 278 m
How to reach it
- 20.8 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Horseshoe Bend Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Hunter Valley Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Louise Point: 3.1 mi
- Virginia Point: 4.0 mi
- Peñon Blanco Peak: 5.0 mi
- Horseshoe Bend Recreation Area: 2.2 mi
- Coulterville Main Street Historic District: 3.4 mi
- Coulterville Park: 3.5 mi
- Barrett Cove Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
- McClure Point Recreation Area: 4.9 mi
- Morning Star Spring: 5.3 mi
- McNulty Spring: 10.0 mi
- Fremont Spring: 11.0 mi
- Freeze-Out Spring: 12.3 mi
- Salt Spring: 14.0 mi
- The Northern Mariposa Country History Center: 3.4 mi
- Groveland Jail: 11.9 mi
- Groveland Museum: 12.0 mi
- Mariposa Museum and History Center: 18.5 mi
- Tuolumne City Memorial Museum: 20.4 mi
- Fremont’s Fort: 7.7 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 13.4 mi
- Tuolumne Gold Dredge: 14.0 mi
- Old Crimea House: 18.0 mi
- Mark Twain Bret Harte Trail - Chinese Camp: 18.1 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 0.8 mi
- Cat Town: 7.5 mi
- Mount Ophir: 13.6 mi
- Agua Fria: 16.8 mi
- Chinese Camp: 18.1 mi
- Moccasin Point: 12.7 mi
- Remote Camp: 13.6 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 20.7 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
- Carlon Day Use Area: 22.3 mi
- Red Hills: 18.2 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 20.7 mi
- Merced Grasslands: 22.2 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 22.4 mi
- Merced County Preserve: 22.7 mi
- Heisler #2 Steam Engine: 20.4 mi
- Merced Grove: 21.8 mi
- Jamestown Branch Jail: 22.6 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 24.0 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 24.0 mi
- Diana Falls: 11.1 mi
- Carlon Falls: 22.9 mi
- Preston Falls: 24.1 mi
- Little Nellie Falls: 24.4 mi
- Dedication Garden: 13.4 mi
- Gardening Club Orchard: 23.0 mi
- Gardening Club: 23.7 mi
- Gardening Club: 23.7 mi
- Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 12.8 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 12.8 mi
- Dunn Court Beach: 13.0 mi
- The Grotto: 22.2 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 24.7 mi
- Negro Jack Point: 24.8 mi
- Beginnings: 23.4 mi
- Bobcat: 23.5 mi
- Big Rufus: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Hunters Valley Point Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Peak | ENE 67° | 1,826 m | 17.1 mi |
| Little Grizzly Mountain | E 79° | 1,323 m | 17.1 mi |
| Bullion Knob | SE 131° | 1,297 m | 14.0 mi |
| Fremont Peak | SE 132° | 1,277 m | 11.0 mi |
| Bullion Mountain | SE 132° | 1,272 m | 11.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf | NNE 15° | 1,180 m | 16.6 mi |
| Smith Peak | NE 36° | 1,175 m | 11.5 mi |
| Hobron Hill | NE 35° | 1,161 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:47 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:05 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 44 | 48 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 6.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groveland 2, 12 mi away.
- Foothill Yellow-legged Frog3 obs
- Northwestern Pond Turtle2 obs
- Bald Eagle1 obs
- Pacific chorus frog1 obs
- Mule Deer1 obs
- blue oak1 obs
- Buckbrush1 obs
- Superb Mariposa Lily1 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 way/44043611
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