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Sutter's Fort State Historic Park

Sutter's Fort State Historic Park from directly overhead

Sutter's Fort State Historic Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Flagstaff Hill stands 432 m to the east-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is State Indian Museum (SHP), a museum 0.1 miles away. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates38.57212, -121.47157
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Marshall Park: 0.2 mi
  • Winn Park: 0.4 mi
  • McKinley Park: 0.6 mi
  • Lubin School Park: 0.7 mi
  • Stanford Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks: 50
Museums: 43
Historic sites: 42
Attractions: 41
  • Sutter Health Park: 2.3 mi
  • Three Little Pigs: 2.7 mi
  • The Three Billy Goats Gruff: 2.7 mi
  • Cinderella's Coach: 2.7 mi
  • The Little Engine That Could: 2.7 mi
Gardens: 32
Nature reserves: 19
Peaks: 15
  • Whisky Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Col du Pennsylvania: 11.6 mi
  • Barney Mound: 15.8 mi
  • Horse Shoe Hill: 16.0 mi
  • Blisk Peak: 16.7 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Pooh Corner: 2.7 mi
  • Birthday Area 3: 2.9 mi
  • Birthday Area 2: 2.9 mi
  • Birthday Area 1: 2.9 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Beaches: 5
  • Horse Shoe Hill Shore: 16.1 mi
  • Moot Rock Beach: 16.2 mi
  • Laurel Beach: 16.4 mi
  • Beer Can Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Turrtle Bend: 24.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Leete Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Antelope Creek Falla: 20.6 mi
  • Pecker Falls: 23.7 mi
Springs: 2
  • Huff Mineral Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Wetland Preserve: 20.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sutter's Fort State Historic Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flagstaff HillENE 57°432 m24.9 mi
Iron MountainENE 61°269 m24.2 mi
Carpenter HillENE 75°253 m20.8 mi
SugarloafNE 44°218 m24.6 mi
Volcano HillNE 55°129 m18.0 mi
Thunder hillNE 36°129 m20.5 mi
Horse Shoe HillENE 69°127.6 m16.0 mi
Telegraph HillNNE 32°118 m21.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:18
June solstice05:4319:5520:34
September equinox06:5418:2919:04
December solstice07:2116:0716:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495357616874787774665549
Precip in3.93.62.81.40.90.20.00.00.10.91.83.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sacramento 5 ESE, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Horse-fly Carpenter Bee1,602 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird1,230 obs
  • Black-chinned Hummingbird892 obs
  • Valley Carpenter Bee653 obs
  • Bushtit548 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider449 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco379 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk365 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/40186323

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