Oak Way Park
Oak Way Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 53 m. Big Bar Mountain stands 1,332 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Brynwood Park, a park 0.7 miles away. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Brynwood Park: 0.7 mi
- Bidwell River Park: 1.1 mi
- Alumni Glen: 1.4 mi
- Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park: 1.5 mi
- Depot Park: 1.5 mi
- Flatiron: 9.5 mi
- Castle Rock: 9.9 mi
- Beauty Peak: 12.3 mi
- Robbers Roost: 12.6 mi
- Steamboat Rock: 13.0 mi
- Western Falls: 17.9 mi
- Ladder Falls: 18.2 mi
- Ladder Falls: 18.2 mi
- Lower Ravine Falls: 18.4 mi
- Beatson Falls: 18.4 mi
- Vertebrate Museum: 1.4 mi
- Museum of Northern California Art: 1.4 mi
- Gateway Science Museum: 1.5 mi
- Janet Turner Print Museum: 1.5 mi
- Chico Museum: 1.6 mi
- Colyear Springs: 4.2 mi
- Hog Spring: 7.3 mi
- Negro Spring: 12.0 mi
- Root Spring: 13.9 mi
- Hespol Memorial Spring: 14.0 mi
- Bidwell Mansion: 1.5 mi
- Chico Community Labyrinth: 1.6 mi
- Phagna Norapamok Memorial: 1.8 mi
- IN HONOR OF ALL CHICO AREA VETERANS: 3.1 mi
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013: 3.4 mi
- Steel "Sculpture": 1.4 mi
- Chico State Flame: 1.4 mi
- Ring Roll: 1.4 mi
- Three Sisters: 1.4 mi
- Monoliths: 1.5 mi
- Monroeville: 6.9 mi
- Soto: 12.6 mi
- Bloomer: 21.6 mi
- Hamilton: 23.0 mi
- Brush: 24.9 mi
- George Petersen Rose Garden: 1.4 mi
- Mary Lemcke Camellia Garden: 1.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 1.5 mi
- Chico Seed Orchard: 5.0 mi
- Clarenback Point: 11.8 mi
- Steamboat Point: 13.4 mi
- Cape Horn: 16.6 mi
- East China Point: 20.1 mi
- Willows Rest Area Northbound: 20.5 mi
- Willows Rest Area Southbound: 20.6 mi
- LT. John C. Helmick Rest Area: 22.7 mi
- LT. John C. Helmick Rest Area: 22.8 mi
- Five Mile: 4.6 mi
- Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 18.8 mi
- Oroville Wildlife Management Area: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Oak Way Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bar Mountain | E 83° | 1,332 m | 23.7 mi |
| Flea Mountain | ENE 73° | 1,299 m | 22.2 mi |
| Cold Spring Hill | NNE 27° | 1,239 m | 24.8 mi |
| Hungary Hunt Peak | E 85° | 1,227 m | 23.1 mi |
| Promontory Point | NNE 22° | 1,094 m | 18.8 mi |
| Platte Mountain | NE 41° | 1,075 m | 18.2 mi |
| East China Point | ENE 61° | 1,038 m | 20.9 mi |
| Portuguese Point | NE 41° | 1,028 m | 19.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:59 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:04 | 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 | 46 | 50 | 54 | 59 | 67 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 73 | 64 | 52 | 46 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chico Univ Farm, 4 mi away.
- California Scrub-Jay143 obs
- greater periwinkle117 obs
- Western Gray Squirrel96 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle84 obs
- blue elder79 obs
- Pipevine Swallowtail69 obs
- Western Honey Bee65 obs
- American pokeweed65 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/545148264
Day trips start here
- Chico · 2 mi
- Corning · 21 mi
- Willows · 23 mi
- Glenn County · 29 mi
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