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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. Black Buttes stands 2,447 m to the east-northeast, 12 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: 32
  • Emigrant Gap Historical Marker: 5.2 mi
  • 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
Cliffs: 30
Historic sites: 27
  • Jolly Boys Mine: 3.5 mi
  • Jolly Boys Mine: 3.6 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
Picnic sites: 15
  • 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
Ghost towns: 4
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
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 14.0 miles of Alpha - Omega Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black ButtesENE 62°2,447 m11.8 mi
Black ButtesENE 61°2,407 m12.4 mi
Red MountainE 82°2,388 m11.8 mi
Signal PeakE 82°2,374 m11.7 mi
Old Man MountainENE 73°2,362 m12.9 mi
Grouse RidgeENE 57°2,351 m9.0 mi
Fall Creek MountainNE 47°2,283 m9.1 mi
Sand RidgeNE 56°2,264 m11.3 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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