Monte de Oro
Monte de Oro rises to 349 m in California. Big Bar Mountain stands 1,332 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Sycamore Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49051058, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 349 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Potters Ravine Recreation Area: 2.1 mi
- Feather River Nature Center/Native Plant Park: 2.6 mi
- Hammon Park: 3.1 mi
- Centennial Plaza: 3.2 mi
- Hewitt Park: 3.2 mi
- Sycamore Hill: 1.2 mi
- South Table Mountain: 1.3 mi
- The High Rocks: 2.3 mi
- Sugarloaf Peak: 5.1 mi
- Sorensen Hill: 5.1 mi
- Schirmer Cascade: 1.9 mi
- Schirmer Falls: 2.2 mi
- Coon Falls: 2.6 mi
- Hollow Falls: 3.3 mi
- Little Hollow Falls: 3.5 mi
- bath house museum: 2.7 mi
- Pioneer History Museum: 2.9 mi
- Butte County Historical Society Museum: 3.1 mi
- Oroville Chinese Temple: 3.3 mi
- C F Lott Historic Home: 3.6 mi
- Beatson Corral: 3.5 mi
- World Trade Center artifact: 9.4 mi
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013: 19.2 mi
- Phagna Norapamok Memorial: 20.6 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 20.8 mi
- Downtown Kaleidoscope: 20.8 mi
- Wildcat Sculpture: 20.9 mi
- Monoliths: 20.9 mi
- Steel "Sculpture": 20.9 mi
- Three Sisters: 21.0 mi
- Clarenback Point: 10.7 mi
- Cape Horn: 11.1 mi
- East China Point: 22.2 mi
- Elephant Butte: 24.0 mi
- Johnsons Bluff: 24.6 mi
- Bidwell's Bar: 4.5 mi
- Bloomer: 5.3 mi
- Hamilton: 9.1 mi
- Brush: 11.8 mi
- Chandon: 18.0 mi
- Hespol Memorial Spring: 11.5 mi
- Hog Spring: 18.1 mi
- Colyear Springs: 21.6 mi
- Chico Seed Orchard: 17.4 mi
- George Petersen Rose Garden: 21.0 mi
- Mary Lemcke Camellia Garden: 21.0 mi
- North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 3.6 mi
- Oroville Wildlife Management Area: 8.0 mi
- Five Mile: 20.3 mi
- Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- Collins Lake Beach: 18.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Monte de Oro. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bar Mountain | NNE 19° | 1,332 m | 16.4 mi |
| Quartz Hill | ENE 71° | 1,325 m | 18.2 mi |
| Sky High | NE 48° | 1,275 m | 18.4 mi |
| Shute Mountain | NE 50° | 1,255 m | 16.1 mi |
| Hungary Hunt Peak | NNE 18° | 1,227 m | 15.4 mi |
| Pompys Point | NE 55° | 1,214 m | 17.4 mi |
| Pike County Peak | ESE 107° | 1,095 m | 18.0 mi |
| Little Bald Rock | NE 56° | 1,043 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:57 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358771016
Day trips start here
- Chico · 21 mi
Take the scenic way to Monte de Oro.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.