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Kelly Ridge Recreation Area

Kelly Ridge Recreation Area from directly overhead

Kelly Ridge Recreation Area is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 307 m. Quartz Hill stands 1,325 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Loafer Creek Recreation Area, a park 1.5 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
307 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.53961, -121.46497

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Waterfalls: 21
Museums: 17
Historic sites: 8
Cliffs: 8
Artworks: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Nature reserves: 4
Gardens: 4
Springs: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Beaches: 1
Attractions: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Kelly Ridge Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quartz HillENE 64°1,325 m15.6 mi
Shute MountainNE 39°1,255 m14.5 mi
Swain HillENE 66°1,248 m13.1 mi
Hungary Hunt PeakN 5°1,227 m15.7 mi
Pompys PointNE 46°1,214 m15.5 mi
Pike County PeakESE 108°1,095 m14.6 mi
Mount HopeE 95°1,075 m13.9 mi
Little Bald RockNE 42°1,043 m10.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:18
June solstice05:3919:5720:37
September equinox06:5418:2919:05
December solstice07:2416:0316:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495257616875807873655549
Precip in5.85.64.72.21.40.60.00.10.41.32.85.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oroville, 5 mi away.

  • Mule Deer34 obs
  • Toyon34 obs
  • western jack-o'-lantern22 obs
  • White Globe Lily21 obs
  • Butte County fritillary18 obs
  • Buckbrush17 obs
  • gray pine16 obs
  • interior live oak15 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358824421

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