Natural Bridge Picnic Area
Natural Bridge Picnic Area is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 872 m. Bully Choop Mountain stands 2,109 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Massacre Natural Bridge, a natural arch 0.2 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Shasta-Trinity National Forest
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Morgan Hill: 3.9 mi
- Plummer Peak: 5.0 mi
- Duncan Hill: 5.7 mi
- Chanchelulla Peak: 6.1 mi
- Wells Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Hayfork Park: 6.1 mi
- Lee Fong Park Disc Golf Course: 18.3 mi
- Lowden Park: 18.8 mi
- Lewiston Community Park: 21.2 mi
- Coggins Park: 22.4 mi
- Hayfork Spring: 15.4 mi
- Fir Root Spring: 15.8 mi
- Miller Spring: 18.9 mi
- Buck Spring: 19.2 mi
- North Yolla Bolly Spring: 22.8 mi
- Gemmil Gulch Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- Big Bar Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
- Whites Bar Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
- Upper Garden: 3.9 mi
- lower garden: 3.9 mi
- Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park: 18.6 mi
- Eagle Rock Lookout: 21.2 mi
- Canon City: 23.6 mi
- Deadwood: 25.0 mi
- Massacre Natural Bridge: 0.2 mi
- Hayfork Reservoir: 6.0 mi
- Moon Lim Lee Rest Area: 14.7 mi
- Jake Jackson Memorial Museum: 18.6 mi
- Whiskeytown Falls: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Natural Bridge Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bully Choop Mountain | ENE 76° | 2,109 m | 18.2 mi |
| Chanchelulla Peak | ESE 102° | 1,942 m | 6.1 mi |
| Paradise Peak | ENE 77° | 1,920 m | 19.4 mi |
| Hayfork Bally | NNW 332° | 1,905 m | 13.0 mi |
| Star Mountain | SSE 163° | 1,845 m | 16.9 mi |
| Dubakella Mountain | SSW 197° | 1,785 m | 7.8 mi |
| Chinquapin Butte | SSW 209° | 1,785 m | 17.3 mi |
| Round Mountain | SSE 165° | 1,771 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 20:06 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:06 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 45 | 50 | 54 | 61 | 67 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 47 | 41 |
| Precip in | 6.4 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 7.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG BAR 4 E, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1331524368
Day trips start here
- French Gulch · 29 mi
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