Castle Rock
Castle Rock rises to 246 m in California. Bald Mountain stands 1,761 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Flatiron, a peak 0.4 miles away.
The story
mountain in Butte County, California, United States
Wikidata Q35733106, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 246 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Flatiron: 0.4 mi
- Steamboat Rock: 5.2 mi
- Robbers Roost: 5.9 mi
- Beauty Peak: 6.5 mi
- Nimshew Ridge: 6.9 mi
- Paradise Community Park: 3.3 mi
- Bille Park: 3.5 mi
- Terry Ashe Park: 3.5 mi
- Rotary Grove: 3.8 mi
- Upper Bidwell Park: 5.3 mi
- Phantom Falls: 11.2 mi
- Western Falls: 11.3 mi
- Little Phantom Falls: 11.3 mi
- Lower Ravine Falls: 11.3 mi
- Ravine Falls: 11.7 mi
- Depot Museum: 3.3 mi
- Patrick Ranch Museum: 7.4 mi
- Chico Children's Museum: 8.3 mi
- Stansbury Home: 8.3 mi
- National Yo-Yo Museum: 8.4 mi
- Hog Spring: 3.0 mi
- Hespol Memorial Spring: 4.7 mi
- Colyear Springs: 12.1 mi
- Negro Spring: 13.1 mi
- Root Spring: 13.8 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 6.6 mi
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013: 6.6 mi
- World Trade Center artifact: 6.7 mi
- Phagna Norapamok Memorial: 8.2 mi
- Chico Community Labyrinth: 8.4 mi
- Downtown Kaleidoscope: 8.4 mi
- Monoliths: 8.5 mi
- Wildcat Sculpture: 8.6 mi
- Ring Roll: 8.6 mi
- Three Sisters: 8.6 mi
- Bloomer: 13.1 mi
- Brush: 15.1 mi
- Monroeville: 16.2 mi
- Bidwell's Bar: 18.2 mi
- Hamilton: 20.0 mi
- Clarenback Point: 5.8 mi
- Cape Horn: 7.0 mi
- East China Point: 12.0 mi
- Steamboat Point: 14.1 mi
- Elephant Butte: 19.4 mi
- Chico Seed Orchard: 5.9 mi
- Rose Garden: 8.5 mi
- Mary Lemcke Camellia Garden: 8.6 mi
- George Petersen Rose Garden: 8.6 mi
- Five Mile: 5.9 mi
- Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
- Philbrook Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
- North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 12.0 mi
- Oroville Wildlife Management Area: 20.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Castle Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain | NE 36° | 1,761 m | 18.1 mi |
| Duffey Dome | ENE 69° | 1,684 m | 21.1 mi |
| Oak Point | NE 42° | 1,617 m | 17.3 mi |
| Bottle Hill | NNE 23° | 1,609 m | 20.7 mi |
| Gold Hill | NNE 23° | 1,527 m | 19.6 mi |
| Gold Hill | NNE 23° | 1,523 m | 19.4 mi |
| Grizzly Dome | ENE 63° | 1,501 m | 20.2 mi |
| The Big Hill | NE 50° | 1,471 m | 18.4 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 | 19:58 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:03 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 49 | 53 | 57 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 74 | 64 | 53 | 47 |
| Precip in | 10.2 | 10.1 | 8.3 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 5.5 | 11.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paradise, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358806218
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