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OAKBOTTOM

OAKBOTTOM from directly overhead

OAKBOTTOM is a picnic site in California, at a recorded elevation of 386 m. Bully Choop Mountain stands 2,109 m to the southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Bottom Beach, a beach 1.6 miles away.

Oak Bottom Water area (beautiful picnic area).

What the record says

Elevation
385.6 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.64915, -122.62027

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Merry Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • Mad Mule Mountain: 2.5 mi
  • Shasta Bally: 3.8 mi
  • Monarch Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • Iron Mountain: 5.0 mi
Parks: 57
  • French Gulch Historic District: 4.0 mi
  • French Gulch County Park: 4.3 mi
  • Coggins Park: 5.5 mi
  • Salt Creek Heights Neighborhood Park: 10.4 mi
  • Lewiston Community Park: 10.5 mi
Artworks: 24
  • Girl and the Wolf: 12.5 mi
  • Mount Shasta: 12.6 mi
  • Yes, We Do Tires: 12.6 mi
  • Starling: 12.6 mi
  • Howell's Dive Shop Mural: 12.7 mi
Historic sites: 11
Museums: 11
Picnic sites: 9
  • (Unnamed) Island Picnic Site: 2.9 mi
  • Vista Point: 11.4 mi
  • Fishermans Point: 11.8 mi
  • Vista Point: 11.9 mi
  • Clark Springs Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Gardens: 6
  • Matson, Mowder, Howe Celebration Garden: 12.4 mi
  • Medicinal Garden: 13.1 mi
  • Chilean Garden: 13.1 mi
  • Australian Garden: 13.1 mi
  • South African Garden: 13.2 mi
Attractions: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Rest areas: 4
Beaches: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Crystal Creek Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Whiskeytown Falls: 3.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of OAKBOTTOM. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bully Choop MountainSW 230°2,109 m10.1 mi
Paradise PeakSW 225°1,920 m9.3 mi
Shasta BallySSW 209°1,882 m3.8 mi
Shoemaker BallySW 217°1,807 m6.9 mi
Gunsight PeakSW 232°1,744 m12.1 mi
Lookout PeakSW 221°1,734 m13.1 mi
Bluenose PeakSW 230°1,647 m16.0 mi
Little BallyS 191°1,640 m5.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4719:23
June solstice05:4020:0420:46
September equinox06:5918:3319:09
December solstice07:3216:0316:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464851566473807873635145
Precip in7.58.47.53.82.40.80.30.20.32.84.58.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Redding 12 WNW, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/1711171739

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