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Alpha - Omega Rest Area

Alpha - Omega Rest Area from directly overhead

Alpha - Omega Rest Area is a rest area in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,568 m. English Mountain stands 2,552 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Remington Hill, a peak 1.7 miles away.

4.1 mi. E. of Washington Junction

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Coordinates39.31499, -120.75319
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Remington Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Negro Jack Hill: 3.7 mi
  • McGuire Mountain: 4.9 mi
  • Clyde Mountain: 5.3 mi
  • The Beartrap: 6.0 mi
Parks: 30
  • Malakoff Diggins-North Bloomfield Historic District: 8.6 mi
  • Firepit: 8.7 mi
  • Rock Creek Nature Study Area: 9.4 mi
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 14.4 mi
  • Calanan Park: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 28
Historic sites: 26
  • Jolly Boys Mine: 3.5 mi
  • North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company, California Registered Historical Landmark No. 852: 9.3 mi
  • Scott’s Flat Trail: 10.4 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial Highway: 10.7 mi
  • Chinese Railroad Workers: 10.7 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • White Cloud Picnic Site: 4.9 mi
  • Fuller Lake Day Use Site: 5.8 mi
  • Lodgepole: 8.3 mi
  • Day Use Area: 8.5 mi
  • Humbug Creek Picknic: 9.7 mi
Springs: 12
  • Derbec Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Upper Derbec Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Willow Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Government Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Dawson Spring: 10.0 mi
Museums: 12
Attractions: 11
  • Missouri Bar: 7.3 mi
  • Illinois Bar: 11.4 mi
  • Edwards Crossing: 12.4 mi
  • Emerald Pool: 14.8 mi
  • China Dam: 15.0 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Waterfalls: 5
Gardens: 4
  • Dutch Flat Community Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Nisenan Garden: 15.4 mi
  • Bourn Gardens: 17.4 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Dog Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Hoyt Crossing Nude Beach: 17.5 mi
Artworks: 1
  • "Snowshoe" Thompson: 21.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Alpha - Omega Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
English MountainNE2,552 m14.1 mi
Black ButtesENE2,447 m11.8 mi
Red MountainE2,388 m11.8 mi
Signal PeakE2,374 m11.7 mi
Old Man MountainENE2,362 m12.9 mi
Fall Creek MountainNE2,283 m9.1 mi
Bowman MountainNE2,251 m10.5 mi
Sand RidgeNE2,247 m10.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:3719:5420:34
September equinox06:5118:2619:02
December solstice07:2016:0116:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F403942455362707065564539
Precip in10.610.18.95.14.11.10.00.20.63.67.210.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blue Canyon Nyack AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/97337421

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