Loafer Creek Recreation Area
Loafer Creek Recreation Area is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 306 m. Quartz Hill stands 1,325 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Kelly Ridge Recreation Area, a park 1.5 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 306 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Kelly Ridge Recreation Area: 1.5 mi
- Lake Oroville State Recreation Area: 2.8 mi
- Potters Ravine Recreation Area: 3.2 mi
- Craig Recreation Area: 3.2 mi
- Sycamore Creek Recreation Area: 4.1 mi
- South Bidwell Hill: 1.7 mi
- Stringtown Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Phoenix Hill: 3.4 mi
- Sycamore Hill: 4.0 mi
- Mount Ratchel: 4.4 mi
- Schirmer Cascade: 6.3 mi
- Schirmer Falls: 6.6 mi
- Coon Falls: 7.2 mi
- Hollow Falls: 7.5 mi
- Little Hollow Falls: 7.7 mi
- bath house museum: 5.4 mi
- Butte County Historical Society Museum: 5.5 mi
- Pioneer History Museum: 5.6 mi
- Oroville Chinese Temple: 6.1 mi
- C F Lott Historic Home: 6.3 mi
- Cape Horn: 14.3 mi
- Clarenback Point: 15.2 mi
- Rocky Point: 20.1 mi
- Johnsons Bluff: 20.4 mi
- Granite Point: 20.8 mi
- Bidwell's Bar: 2.3 mi
- Bloomer: 7.4 mi
- Hamilton: 11.3 mi
- Brush: 12.1 mi
- Chandon: 18.4 mi
- Beatson Corral: 8.0 mi
- World Trade Center artifact: 13.9 mi
- World's First Long-Distance Telephone Line: 21.3 mi
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013: 23.8 mi
- North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 8.1 mi
- Oroville Wildlife Management Area: 9.9 mi
- Lower Yuba River: 22.7 mi
- Black Swan Preserve: 23.5 mi
- Collins Lake Group Picnic Area #1: 14.6 mi
- Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
- Five Mile: 24.7 mi
- Collins Lake Beach: 14.7 mi
- Pine Island Beach: 23.7 mi
- Hoyt Crossing Nude Beach: 24.8 mi
- Hespol Memorial Spring: 15.3 mi
- Hog Spring: 22.3 mi
- Oven Spring: 24.9 mi
- Bridgeport Covered Bridge: 20.9 mi
- Chico Seed Orchard: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Loafer Creek Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quartz Hill | ENE 59° | 1,325 m | 15.3 mi |
| Shute Mountain | NNE 33° | 1,255 m | 14.9 mi |
| Swain Hill | ENE 60° | 1,248 m | 12.7 mi |
| Pompys Point | NE 41° | 1,214 m | 15.7 mi |
| Pike County Peak | ESE 104° | 1,095 m | 13.4 mi |
| Mount Hope | E 91° | 1,075 m | 12.9 mi |
| Little Bald Rock | NE 34° | 1,043 m | 11.0 mi |
| Bald Rock Dome | NE 39° | 1,022 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:03 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 57 | 61 | 68 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 73 | 65 | 55 | 49 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oroville, 6 mi away.
- Toyon33 obs
- Mule Deer32 obs
- White Globe Lily23 obs
- western jack-o'-lantern22 obs
- Butte County fritillary18 obs
- Buckbrush16 obs
- interior live oak15 obs
- gray pine15 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/358824423
Day trips start here
- Chico · 26 mi
- Grass Valley · 30 mi
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