Stoney Creek Picnic Area
Stoney Creek Picnic Area is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 737 m. Thompson Peak stands 2,726 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is National Recreation Area, Picnic Area - Tanbark, a rest area 0.6 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Shasta Recreation Company
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Granite Peak: 4.2 mi
- Red Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Middle Peak: 4.8 mi
- Pettijohn Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Gibson Peak: 6.5 mi
- Clark Springs Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
- OAKBOTTOM: 18.5 mi
- (Unnamed) Island Picnic Site: 21.3 mi
- Big Bar Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
- Behive Beach: 23.3 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 10.6 mi
- Middle Canyon Creek Falls: 11.4 mi
- Upper Canyon Creek Falls: 11.7 mi
- Grizzly Lake Falls: 15.2 mi
- Crystal Creek Falls: 17.2 mi
- Lowden Park: 9.3 mi
- Lee Fong Park Disc Golf Course: 9.8 mi
- Lewiston Community Park: 10.6 mi
- French Gulch County Park: 14.9 mi
- French Gulch Historic District: 15.0 mi
- Minersville: 3.6 mi
- Dedrick: 9.7 mi
- Canon City: 10.6 mi
- Deadwood: 11.0 mi
- Whiskeytown: 21.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 9.1 mi
- Hayfork Spring: 17.4 mi
- China Spring: 18.5 mi
- Marble Springs: 21.6 mi
- National Recreation Area, Picnic Area - Tanbark: 0.6 mi
- Moon Lim Lee Rest Area: 13.7 mi
- Lakehead Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park: 9.5 mi
- Russell Cabin: 15.4 mi
- Kennedy Memorial Plaque: 24.0 mi
- Jake Jackson Memorial Museum: 9.6 mi
- Scott Museum: 12.3 mi
- Oak Bottom Beach: 19.6 mi
- Brandy Creek Beach: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Stoney Creek Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson Peak | NW 315° | 2,726 m | 14.5 mi |
| Caesar Peak | NW 318° | 2,714 m | 14.3 mi |
| Mount Hilton | NW 305° | 2,694 m | 12.8 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | NW 317° | 2,662 m | 11.5 mi |
| Caribou Mountain | NNW 335° | 2,609 m | 13.5 mi |
| Wedding Cake | NW 314° | 2,605 m | 14.1 mi |
| Gibson Peak | N 350° | 2,560.3 m | 6.5 mi |
| Siligo Peak | NNW 339° | 2,482 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:48 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:06 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:04 | 16:47 |
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 | 41 | 45 | 48 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 6.0 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 6.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trinity RVR Hatchery, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1297209694
Day trips start here
- French Gulch · 15 mi
- Whiskeytown National Recreation Area · 22 mi
- Lakehead · 25 mi
- Shasta · 27 mi
- Shasta Lake · 28 mi
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