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Sutter National Wildlife Refuge

Sutter National Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Sutter National Wildlife Refuge is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 11 m. South Butte stands 628 m to the north-northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Sutter Park, a park 5.8 miles away. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
11 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.08295, -121.75608

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sutter Park: 5.8 mi
  • Happy Park: 5.9 mi
  • Didar S. Bains Park: 7.0 mi
  • Hillcrest Park: 7.4 mi
  • Sam Brannan Park: 7.6 mi
Peaks: 12
  • South Butte: 9.2 mi
  • Old Craggy: 9.2 mi
  • Twin Peaks: 9.6 mi
  • West Butte: 10.5 mi
  • North Butte: 10.7 mi
Historic sites: 6
  • Leahn Joshua Halprin Lagoon: 8.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Wall: 16.6 mi
  • Northrop T-38 A Talon: 17.4 mi
  • Airplane: 18.2 mi
  • WWII German Prisoner of War Cell Block: 18.6 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Gardens: 2
  • Toride Japan Sister City Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Community Garden: 17.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • The Falls: 10.9 mi
Beaches: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Eagle: 19.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sutter National Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South ButteNNW 338°628 m9.2 mi
North ButteN 351°557 m10.7 mi
Twin PeaksNNW 340°539 m9.6 mi
Yana PeakNNW 341°511 m11.1 mi
West ButteNNW 332°509 m10.5 mi
Old CraggyNNW 341°452 m9.2 mi
Walsh HillENE 76°380 m24.9 mi
Rose HillENE 73°324 m24.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4419:19
June solstice05:4219:5720:37
September equinox06:5518:3019:06
December solstice07:2316:0616:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475155606774797773645347
Precip in3.83.62.91.40.90.30.00.10.11.02.23.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marysville AP (asos), 10 mi away.

  • Greater White-fronted Goose12 obs
  • Great Blue Heron11 obs
  • Great Egret11 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird10 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk9 obs
  • Turkey Vulture8 obs
  • Monarch6 obs
  • Tundra Swan5 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.

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OpenStreetMap element node/358776895

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