Potters Ravine Recreation Area
Potters Ravine Recreation Area is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 373 m. Big Bar Mountain stands 1,332 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Oroville State Recreation Area, a park 1.7 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 373 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Lake Oroville State Recreation Area: 1.7 mi
- Kelly Ridge Recreation Area: 1.7 mi
- Foreman Creek Recreation Area: 2.4 mi
- Loafer Creek Recreation Area: 3.2 mi
- Feather River Nature Center/Native Plant Park: 4.2 mi
- Monte de Oro: 2.1 mi
- Sycamore Hill: 2.4 mi
- The High Rocks: 2.6 mi
- Mount Ratchel: 3.3 mi
- South Table Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Schirmer Cascade: 3.4 mi
- Schirmer Falls: 3.6 mi
- Coon Falls: 4.3 mi
- Hollow Falls: 4.3 mi
- Little Hollow Falls: 4.5 mi
- bath house museum: 4.3 mi
- Pioneer History Museum: 4.5 mi
- Butte County Historical Society Museum: 4.6 mi
- Oroville Chinese Temple: 5.0 mi
- C F Lott Historic Home: 5.3 mi
- Beatson Corral: 5.0 mi
- World Trade Center artifact: 10.8 mi
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013: 20.7 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 22.1 mi
- Phagna Norapamok Memorial: 22.1 mi
- Cape Horn: 11.3 mi
- Clarenback Point: 12.1 mi
- East China Point: 22.0 mi
- Elephant Butte: 23.0 mi
- Rocky Point: 23.1 mi
- Downtown Kaleidoscope: 22.4 mi
- Wildcat Sculpture: 22.4 mi
- Monoliths: 22.4 mi
- Three Sisters: 22.5 mi
- Steel "Sculpture": 22.5 mi
- Bidwell's Bar: 2.4 mi
- Bloomer: 4.6 mi
- Brush: 10.5 mi
- Hamilton: 10.8 mi
- Chandon: 19.2 mi
- Chico Seed Orchard: 18.9 mi
- George Petersen Rose Garden: 22.5 mi
- Mary Lemcke Camellia Garden: 22.5 mi
- Rose Garden: 22.5 mi
- Hespol Memorial Spring: 12.2 mi
- Hog Spring: 19.1 mi
- Colyear Springs: 23.4 mi
- Collins Lake Group Picnic Area #1: 17.7 mi
- Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- Five Mile: 21.5 mi
- North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 5.0 mi
- Oroville Wildlife Management Area: 9.6 mi
- Collins Lake Beach: 17.8 mi
- Bridgeport Covered Bridge: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Potters Ravine Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bar Mountain | NNE 12° | 1,332 m | 15.5 mi |
| Quartz Hill | ENE 70° | 1,325 m | 16.2 mi |
| Sky High | NE 44° | 1,275 m | 16.7 mi |
| Shute Mountain | NE 46° | 1,255 m | 14.4 mi |
| Swain Hill | ENE 73° | 1,248 m | 13.7 mi |
| Hungary Hunt Peak | N 10° | 1,227 m | 14.6 mi |
| Pompys Point | NE 52° | 1,214 m | 15.5 mi |
| Pike County Peak | ESE 111° | 1,095 m | 16.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:57 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| 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, 5 mi away.
- Toyon10 obs
- White Globe Lily8 obs
- Rock Wren7 obs
- Buckbrush7 obs
- Whiteleaf Manzanita7 obs
- Canyon liveforever7 obs
- Warrior's Plume6 obs
- Red-necked Grebe5 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/358824465
Day trips start here
- Chico · 22 mi
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