Sycamore Creek Recreation Area
Sycamore Creek Recreation Area is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 327 m. Little Marble Cone stands 1,421 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Craig Recreation Area, a park 1.4 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 327 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Union Hill: 1.6 mi
- Crystal Hill: 1.8 mi
- Mount Ratchel: 2.1 mi
- Mount Hope: 2.3 mi
- South Bidwell Hill: 2.6 mi
- Craig Recreation Area: 1.4 mi
- Lake Oroville State Recreation Area: 2.8 mi
- Foreman Creek Recreation Area: 3.2 mi
- Kelly Ridge Recreation Area: 3.9 mi
- Loafer Creek Recreation Area: 4.1 mi
- Schirmer Cascade: 7.6 mi
- Schirmer Falls: 7.7 mi
- Hollow Falls: 8.1 mi
- Little Hollow Falls: 8.2 mi
- Curtain Falls: 8.2 mi
- bath house museum: 8.5 mi
- Pioneer History Museum: 8.8 mi
- Butte County Historical Society Museum: 8.8 mi
- Oroville Chinese Temple: 9.3 mi
- C F Lott Historic Home: 9.6 mi
- Cape Horn: 12.7 mi
- Clarenback Point: 15.6 mi
- Rocky Point: 20.1 mi
- Marble Cone: 20.4 mi
- Granite Point: 20.7 mi
- Bidwell's Bar: 2.2 mi
- Bloomer: 5.9 mi
- Brush: 8.6 mi
- Hamilton: 15.0 mi
- Chandon: 22.5 mi
- Beatson Corral: 9.0 mi
- World Trade Center artifact: 14.2 mi
- World's First Long-Distance Telephone Line: 22.4 mi
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013: 24.0 mi
- Collins Lake Group Picnic Area #1: 17.0 mi
- Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Convict Flat Picnic Site: 24.2 mi
- Five Mile: 24.5 mi
- North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 9.0 mi
- Oroville Wildlife Management Area: 13.6 mi
- Hespol Memorial Spring: 14.3 mi
- Hog Spring: 21.8 mi
- Collins Lake Beach: 17.0 mi
- Bridgeport Covered Bridge: 22.3 mi
- Chico Seed Orchard: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Sycamore Creek Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Marble Cone | NE 38° | 1,421 m | 15.5 mi |
| Whiskey Hill | NE 47° | 1,418 m | 14.9 mi |
| Big Bar Mountain | N 355° | 1,332 m | 14.3 mi |
| Quartz Hill | ENE 67° | 1,325 m | 11.7 mi |
| Sky High | NNE 34° | 1,275 m | 13.2 mi |
| Shute Mountain | NNE 33° | 1,255 m | 10.8 mi |
| Swain Hill | ENE 70° | 1,248 m | 9.2 mi |
| Hungary Hunt Peak | N 353° | 1,227 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 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, 9 mi away.
- Mule Deer3 obs
- jimsonweed3 obs
- largeflower bush monkeyflower3 obs
- Western Fence Lizard2 obs
- Western Rattlesnake2 obs
- Buckbrush2 obs
- Johnnytuck2 obs
- buttonbush2 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/358824616
Day trips start here
- Chico · 26 mi
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