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Nelson Park

Nelson Park from directly overhead

Nelson Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 76 m. Big Bar Mountain stands 1,332 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Thermalito Forebay North Picnic Area, a park 0.6 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
76 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.52855, -121.57975

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Waterfalls: 22
Museums: 17
Historic sites: 8
Artworks: 7
Ghost towns: 6
Gardens: 4
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Beaches: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Nelson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Bar MountainNNE 25°1,332 m19.0 mi
Shute MountainNE 51°1,255 m19.4 mi
Swain HillENE 71°1,248 m19.0 mi
Hungary Hunt PeakNNE 25°1,227 m18.0 mi
Little Bald RockENE 57°1,043 m15.8 mi
Bald Rock DomeENE 59°1,022 m16.8 mi
Sunset HillE 91°1,006 m14.9 mi
Sawmill PeakN 3°1,004 m19.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:4019:5720:38
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:2416:0416:46

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, 2 mi away.

  • Ring-billed Gull139 obs
  • California Gull79 obs
  • American Herring Gull75 obs
  • Common Merganser37 obs
  • Short-billed Gull37 obs
  • Common Goldeneye32 obs
  • Glaucous-winged Gull28 obs
  • Iceland Gull23 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 way/186727455

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