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Bogard Rest Area

Bogard Rest Area from directly overhead

Bogard Rest Area is a rest area in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,724 m. Red Cinder stands 2,549 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Bogard Buttes, a peak 2.5 miles away.

28 mi. N.W. of Susanville

How to reach it

Coordinates40.62283, -121.13094

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Bogard Buttes: 2.5 mi
  • Cal Mountain: 3.7 mi
  • Crater Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • Poison Butte: 5.1 mi
  • Cone Mountain: 5.2 mi
Springs: 8
  • Panther Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Cascade Springs: 18.8 mi
  • Old Boundary Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Domingo Spring: 21.4 mi
  • Cold Boiling Spring: 21.8 mi
Cliffs: 8
Attractions: 7
Hot springs: 5
Parks: 4
  • Swain Mountain Experimental Forest: 13.0 mi
  • Chester Park: 22.2 mi
  • Clear Creek Park: 22.8 mi
  • Dig It Meadow: 22.9 mi
Beaches: 4
Picnic sites: 3
Historic sites: 2
  • Mount Harkness Lookout: 16.0 mi
  • Fort Maxwell: 18.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Kings Creek Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Mill Creek Falls: 23.7 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Rest areas: 1
Museums: 1
  • Chester-Lake Almanor Museum: 22.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Bogard Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red CinderSW 215°2,549 m10.7 mi
Prospect PeakWSW 253°2,538 m11.8 mi
West Prospect PeakW 261°2,463 m13.2 mi
Mount HarknessSW 214°2,452 m16.0 mi
Red Cinder ConeSW 218°2,444.5 m10.9 mi
Black ButteSW 223°2,435 m7.5 mi
Mount HoffmanSW 224°2,381 m12.0 mi
North CaribouSSW 196°2,373 m10.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4119:17
June solstice05:3519:5820:40
September equinox06:5318:2719:03
December solstice07:2615:5816:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323438445260676660503932
Precip in6.25.15.52.51.90.80.40.20.31.73.36.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chester, 23 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/1124534112

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