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Francis B. Mathews Rest Area

Francis B. Mathews Rest Area from directly overhead

Francis B. Mathews Rest Area is a rest area in California, at a modelled elevation of 210 m. Pony Mountain stands 2,244 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Ironsides Museum, a museum 1.8 miles away.

3 mi. E. of Salyer

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Coordinates40.88263, -123.54796
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Zeigler Point: 2.5 mi
  • Happy Camp Mountain: 4.1 mi
  • Oak Knob: 4.3 mi
  • Hennessy Peak: 5.4 mi
  • Ironside Mountain: 6.2 mi
Parks: 8
  • Veterans Park: 5.7 mi
  • Tonkin Park: 5.8 mi
  • Commons Park in Willow Creek, CA: 5.9 mi
  • Brush Mountain Lookout: 6.7 mi
  • Boise Creek Campgrouns USFS: 7.2 mi
Springs: 7
  • Cold Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Whiting Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Blake Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Marble Springs: 18.9 mi
  • Fir Root Spring: 21.3 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Grays Fall Day Use Area: 3.8 mi
  • Cedar Flat Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
  • Whites Bar Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
  • Big Bar Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Bigfoot Statue: 5.7 mi
  • Gonzalez Bigfoot Statue: 5.9 mi
  • Gold Panner: 5.9 mi
  • Museum Bigfoot Statue: 5.9 mi
Museums: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Hlel-Din River Access/South Fork & Trinity confluence: 2.9 mi
  • Kimtu Beach on Trinity River: 5.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Gray Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Burnt Ranch Falls: 5.3 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Eagle Rock Lookout: 14.9 mi
  • Russell Cabin: 23.3 mi
Gardens: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Francis B. Mathews Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pony MountainENE 74°2,244 m17.0 mi
Thurston PeaksE 83°2,179 m17.5 mi
Green MountainE 84°1,944 m14.3 mi
North Trinity MountainNNE 12°1,932 m15.8 mi
Trinity MountainNE 34°1,861 m12.5 mi
Brushy MountainE 89°1,850 m13.1 mi
Twin Sisters MountainE 100°1,793 m18.2 mi
Blake MountainS 182°1,784 m18.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5019:27
June solstice05:4320:0920:50
September equinox07:0218:3719:13
December solstice07:3616:0616:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424550546167757468584741
Precip in6.45.44.62.61.70.70.20.20.42.24.27.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG BAR 4 E, 20 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/98504058

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