Thermalito Forebay North Picnic Area
Thermalito Forebay North Picnic Area is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 73 m. Big Bar Mountain stands 1,332 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Nelson Park, a park 0.6 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 73 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Nelson Park: 0.6 mi
- Hammon Park: 1.4 mi
- Bedrock Park: 1.8 mi
- Rotary Park: 1.9 mi
- Lake Oroville State Recreational Area: 1.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Peak: 1.5 mi
- South Table Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Sorensen Hill: 3.0 mi
- Sycamore Hill: 3.5 mi
- Monte de Oro: 3.6 mi
- Ranch Falls: 3.0 mi
- Coon Falls: 3.3 mi
- Crevice Twin Falls: 3.3 mi
- Crevice Falls: 3.3 mi
- Crevice Falls: 3.3 mi
- Oroville Chinese Temple: 2.0 mi
- C F Lott Historic Home: 2.0 mi
- Pioneer History Museum: 2.3 mi
- bath house museum: 2.4 mi
- Butte County Historical Society Museum: 2.5 mi
- Beatson Corral: 4.0 mi
- World Trade Center artifact: 8.6 mi
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013: 17.7 mi
- Phagna Norapamok Memorial: 18.9 mi
- Chico Community Labyrinth: 19.2 mi
- Wildcat Sculpture: 19.1 mi
- Downtown Kaleidoscope: 19.2 mi
- Steel "Sculpture": 19.2 mi
- Monoliths: 19.2 mi
- Three Sisters: 19.3 mi
- Hamilton: 6.1 mi
- Bidwell's Bar: 8.0 mi
- Bloomer: 8.1 mi
- Brush: 14.8 mi
- Chandon: 15.7 mi
- Chico Seed Orchard: 15.9 mi
- George Petersen Rose Garden: 19.2 mi
- Mary Lemcke Camellia Garden: 19.3 mi
- Rose Garden: 19.3 mi
- Clarenback Point: 9.7 mi
- Cape Horn: 12.3 mi
- East China Point: 23.6 mi
- Hespol Memorial Spring: 12.0 mi
- Hog Spring: 17.4 mi
- Colyear Springs: 19.2 mi
- Five Mile: 19.2 mi
- Collins Lake Group Picnic Area #1: 19.7 mi
- Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
- North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 4.1 mi
- Oroville Wildlife Management Area: 5.4 mi
- Collins Lake Beach: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Thermalito Forebay North Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bar Mountain | NNE 27° | 1,332 m | 18.9 mi |
| Shute Mountain | NE 53° | 1,255 m | 19.6 mi |
| Swain Hill | ENE 73° | 1,248 m | 19.4 mi |
| Hungary Hunt Peak | NNE 27° | 1,227 m | 17.9 mi |
| Little Bald Rock | ENE 59° | 1,043 m | 16.0 mi |
| Bald Rock Dome | ENE 60° | 1,022 m | 17.0 mi |
| Sunset Hill | E 92° | 1,006 m | 15.4 mi |
| Sawmill Peak | N 5° | 1,004 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:57 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:04 | 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, 2 mi away.
- Ring-billed Gull23 obs
- Western Fence Lizard9 obs
- Bald Eagle8 obs
- Common Merganser8 obs
- moth mullein8 obs
- Common Goldeneye7 obs
- Bufflehead7 obs
- Hooded Merganser7 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/186727464
Day trips start here
- Chico · 20 mi
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