Nielsen Park
Nielsen Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 292 m. Manuel Peak stands 1,354 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Calaveras County Historical Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 292 m
How to reach it
- 17.0 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Gerald Turner Park: 0.2 mi
- Oak Knoll Recreation Area: 6.2 mi
- Acorn Recreation Area: 6.5 mi
- Fiddleneck Day Use Area: 6.8 mi
- Mokelumne Hill State Historic Landmark: 7.2 mi
- Deer Peak: 3.3 mi
- Central Hill: 3.8 mi
- Chili Hill: 3.8 mi
- Joaquin Peak: 3.9 mi
- Pine Peak: 3.9 mi
- Calaveras County Historical Museum: 0.1 mi
- Angels Camp Museum: 11.1 mi
- Amador County Museum: 11.7 mi
- Change House Museum and Gift Shop: 13.0 mi
- Amador County Model Railroad Museum: 14.6 mi
- Gooseberry Spring: 11.9 mi
- Hicks Spring: 14.5 mi
- Turners Spring: 15.2 mi
- Vine Spring: 17.1 mi
- Lord Spring: 17.1 mi
- California Caverns: 9.3 mi
- Mercer Caverns: 11.4 mi
- Murphys Pokey: 12.4 mi
- Kennedy Gold Mine: 13.0 mi
- Moaning Caverns Adventure Park: 14.6 mi
- Mark Twain Monument: 11.3 mi
- Vallecito Western Mine: 12.1 mi
- Murphys: 12.5 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 3: 12.5 mi
- Flume Tressel Piers: 12.6 mi
- Heron Point Day Use: 17.0 mi
- Lupine Day Use Area: 17.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 21.8 mi
- Oak Leaf: 22.7 mi
- A Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 21.1 mi
- McKays Point: 21.1 mi
- Negro Jack Point: 22.0 mi
- The Grotto: 22.1 mi
- Middle Bar: 7.9 mi
- Carson Hill: 15.0 mi
- French Flat: 19.2 mi
- National Recreation Area: 17.5 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 22.9 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 24.0 mi
- F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 0.9 mi
- Natural Bridge: 14.8 mi
- Mokelumne Beach: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Nielsen Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Peak | ENE 78° | 1,354 m | 16.1 mi |
| Cougar Rock | E 81° | 1,297.56 m | 15.9 mi |
| Darby Knob | E 96° | 1,127 m | 16.1 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | E 94° | 1,031 m | 17.4 mi |
| Fort Mountain | NE 48° | 999 m | 15.0 mi |
| Mount Zion | N 6° | 899 m | 13.4 mi |
| Bear Mountain | SSE 157° | 879 m | 13.4 mi |
| Mineral Mountain | E 93° | 856 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:51 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:05 | 16:47 |
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 | 48 | 51 | 55 | 59 | 66 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 75 | 66 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camp Pardee, 10 mi away.
- California Scrub-Jay9 obs
- Western Rattlesnake6 obs
- Pacific chorus frog5 obs
- Johnnytuck5 obs
- California Quail4 obs
- Turkey Vulture4 obs
- Common Sharp-tailed Snake4 obs
- Convergent Lady Beetle4 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/358833004
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