Rocky Peak
Rocky Peak rises to 496 m in California. Duffey Dome stands 1,684 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Goat Ranch Recreation Area, a park 0.4 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Butte County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49069163, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 496 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Goat Ranch Recreation Area: 0.4 mi
- Bloomer Primitive Recreation Area: 2.6 mi
- Lime Saddle Memorial Park: 3.7 mi
- Foreman Creek Recreation Area: 5.3 mi
- Potters Ravine Recreation Area: 6.8 mi
- Red Hill: 1.1 mi
- Patton Peak: 1.2 mi
- Deer Peak: 1.6 mi
- Sugarloaf: 2.2 mi
- Bloomer Hill: 2.3 mi
- Phantom Falls: 4.3 mi
- Little Phantom Falls: 4.4 mi
- Ravine Twin Falls: 4.5 mi
- Ravine Falls: 4.5 mi
- Little Hollow Falls: 4.7 mi
- Depot Museum: 9.2 mi
- bath house museum: 9.8 mi
- Pioneer History Museum: 10.0 mi
- Butte County Historical Society Museum: 10.1 mi
- Oroville Chinese Temple: 10.2 mi
- Beatson Corral: 5.7 mi
- World Trade Center artifact: 7.8 mi
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013: 16.8 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 17.6 mi
- Phagna Norapamok Memorial: 18.4 mi
- Downtown Kaleidoscope: 18.6 mi
- Wildcat Sculpture: 18.7 mi
- Monoliths: 18.7 mi
- Three Sisters: 18.8 mi
- Ring Roll: 18.8 mi
- Cape Horn: 4.8 mi
- Clarenback Point: 9.0 mi
- East China Point: 15.2 mi
- Elephant Butte: 17.1 mi
- Marble Cone: 21.5 mi
- Bloomer: 2.3 mi
- Brush: 6.0 mi
- Bidwell's Bar: 7.6 mi
- Hamilton: 15.6 mi
- Chandon: 25.0 mi
- Hespol Memorial Spring: 6.6 mi
- Hog Spring: 14.1 mi
- Colyear Springs: 20.9 mi
- Negro Spring: 23.7 mi
- Root Spring: 23.8 mi
- Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Five Mile: 16.9 mi
- Sandy Point Day Use: 24.2 mi
- Chico Seed Orchard: 15.3 mi
- Mary Lemcke Camellia Garden: 18.8 mi
- George Petersen Rose Garden: 18.8 mi
- North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 5.6 mi
- Oroville Wildlife Management Area: 14.7 mi
- Collins Lake Beach: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Rocky Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duffey Dome | NE 37° | 1,684 m | 16.9 mi |
| Soapstone Hill | NE 41° | 1,670 m | 16.4 mi |
| Glazer Point | ENE 58° | 1,645 m | 16.9 mi |
| Grizzly Dome | NNE 30° | 1,501 m | 17.3 mi |
| Bear Ranch Hill | NNE 29° | 1,455 m | 15.1 mi |
| Little Marble Cone | ENE 66° | 1,421 m | 16.3 mi |
| Whiskey Hill | ENE 75° | 1,418 m | 16.9 mi |
| Big Bar Mountain | NNE 26° | 1,332 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:57 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1656261 — Rocky Peak, Butte County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358804107
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- Chico · 18 mi
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