Salt Creek Picnic Area
Salt Creek Picnic Area is a picnic site in California, at a recorded elevation of 326 m. Tombstone Mountain stands 1,693 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Sacramento Mountain, a peak 2.0 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 326 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sacramento Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Haycock Peak: 2.4 mi
- Elmore Mountain: 3.0 mi
- O'Brien Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Bucks Peak: 4.4 mi
- Shasta Park: 11.4 mi
- Margaret Polf Park: 11.6 mi
- Clair Engle Park: 11.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 11.9 mi
- Buckeye Community Park: 15.6 mi
- The Best Grindstone in the World: 11.8 mi
- Human Sundial: 18.0 mi
- Metal Horse: 18.3 mi
- Dandelions: 18.4 mi
- Howell's Dive Shop Mural: 18.4 mi
- Potem Falls: 16.2 mi
- Three Falls: 19.9 mi
- Lewisia Falls: 20.3 mi
- Hatchet Creek Falls: 20.8 mi
- Montgomery Creek Falls: 21.4 mi
- Dam Builders Monument: 11.7 mi
- Veteran's Monument: 11.9 mi
- Twin Tower Memorial: 11.9 mi
- Afterthought Mine: 16.0 mi
- Caldwell Monument: 18.0 mi
- Wintu Cultural Center: 11.8 mi
- Turtle Bay Museum: 18.1 mi
- Mill Building: 18.2 mi
- Old City Hall Art Gallery: 18.5 mi
- Shasta Historical Society: 18.6 mi
- Behive Beach: 3.5 mi
- Bailey Cove Day Use: 3.7 mi
- McCloud Bridge Day Use: 7.7 mi
- Fishermans Point: 10.2 mi
- Pollard Flat Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Memorial Garden: 11.9 mi
- Medicinal Garden: 17.9 mi
- Australian Garden: 17.9 mi
- South African Garden: 17.9 mi
- Chilean Garden: 17.9 mi
- Whiskeytown: 19.0 mi
- Shasta State Historic Park: 19.2 mi
- Shasta: 19.3 mi
- Deadwood: 22.6 mi
- Minersville: 23.3 mi
- Lake Shasta Caverns: 3.7 mi
- Shasta Lake Ranger Station: 10.3 mi
- McConnell Botanical Gardens: 17.9 mi
- Sundial Bridge: 18.0 mi
- Lema Ranch: 17.6 mi
- Oak Savannah Arboretum: 17.8 mi
- Turtle Bay Bird Sanctuary: 18.1 mi
- Clover Creek Preserve: 20.6 mi
- O'Brien Rest Area: 4.1 mi
- Lakehead Rest Area: 5.6 mi
- Hillcrest Rest Area: 23.1 mi
- Fern Spring: 21.7 mi
- Indian Springs: 21.8 mi
- Popcorn Spring: 22.4 mi
- Cosmic Wall: 22.4 mi
- Castle Crags: 23.1 mi
- The Rim: 24.7 mi
- Oak Bottom Beach: 19.3 mi
- Brandy Creek Beach: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Salt Creek Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tombstone Mountain | NNE 18° | 1,693 m | 14.2 mi |
| State Mountain | NW 315° | 1,675 m | 14.8 mi |
| High Mountain | NNE 19° | 1,639 m | 10.2 mi |
| Damnation Peak | NW 307° | 1,603 m | 12.5 mi |
| Schell Mountain | W 272° | 1,580 m | 10.1 mi |
| Blue Mountain | WNW 284° | 1,573 m | 14.2 mi |
| Tater Hill | NNE 17° | 1,560 m | 13.1 mi |
| Wild Cow Mountain | W 264° | 1,485 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:04 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:01 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 54 | 59 | 67 | 76 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 66 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 10.5 | 11.4 | 9.2 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 6.6 | 12.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shasta DAM, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/178252190
Day trips start here
- Lakehead · 4 mi
- Shasta Lake · 12 mi
- Shasta County · 17 mi
- French Gulch · 19 mi
- Redding · 19 mi
- Shasta · 19 mi
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