Gold Run Westbound Rest Area
Gold Run Westbound Rest Area is a rest area in California, at a modelled elevation of 949 m. Whisky Hill stands 1,776 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Chinese Railroad Workers, a historic site 0.2 miles away.
Between Sawmill and Gold Run O.C.
The story
Human settlement in Placer County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q5578837, matched on coordinates and name (264 m apart).
What to expect
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How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cold Spring Hill: 1.0 mi
- Bogus Point: 1.6 mi
- Frost Hill: 2.1 mi
- Camel Hump: 2.6 mi
- Roach Hill: 3.4 mi
- Peoples Park: 4.7 mi
- Rock Creek Nature Study Area: 9.1 mi
- Empire Mine State Historic Park: 10.3 mi
- Calanan Park: 10.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 10.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 2.5 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 3.1 mi
- Windy Point: 7.0 mi
- Excelsior: 8.5 mi
- Red Point: 8.5 mi
- Chinese Railroad Workers: 0.2 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 0.2 mi
- Stevens Trail: 4.9 mi
- Iowa Hill Fire: 5.0 mi
- Wells Fargo vault: 5.0 mi
- Heritage Museum: 7.6 mi
- Nevada County Narrow Guage Railroad Museum: 10.1 mi
- Nevada County Historical Society History Center: 10.5 mi
- Firehouse Number 1 Museum: 10.5 mi
- American Victorian Museum: 10.6 mi
- Government Spring: 11.9 mi
- Dawson Spring: 13.6 mi
- Oven Spring: 14.8 mi
- Derbec Spring: 14.8 mi
- Willow Spring: 14.9 mi
- cave: 6.2 mi
- Bourn Cottage: 10.6 mi
- Missouri Bar: 11.6 mi
- Illinois Bar: 12.2 mi
- Edwards Crossing: 12.6 mi
- White Cloud Picnic Site: 9.6 mi
- Humbug Creek Picknic: 11.8 mi
- Overlook Point Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Ralston Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- Fuller Lake Day Use Site: 15.9 mi
- Towle Conservation Easement: 3.1 mi
- Woodpecker Wildlife Preserve / Geri Bergen Memorial Forest: 8.6 mi
- Adam Ryan Wildlife Preserve: 10.0 mi
- Auburn State Recreation Area: 11.4 mi
- Burton Homestead Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Dog Beach: 6.1 mi
- Hoyt Crossing Nude Beach: 14.8 mi
- Pine Island Beach: 19.5 mi
- Tamaroo Bar: 22.5 mi
- Oregon Bar: 24.3 mi
- Dutch Flat Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Bourn Gardens: 10.6 mi
- Nisenan Garden: 11.0 mi
- Prayer Garden: 11.9 mi
- Red Dog: 3.6 mi
- Deadwood: 11.2 mi
- North Bloomfield: 13.3 mi
- Ophir: 24.6 mi
- Codfish Falls: 13.7 mi
- East Snow Mountain Falls: 22.2 mi
- Hidden Falls: 22.7 mi
- Gold Run Eastbound Rest Area: 0.2 mi
- Alpha - Omega Rest Area: 10.9 mi
- Giant Indian Statues: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Gold Run Westbound Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whisky Hill | E 86° | 1,776 m | 14.9 mi |
| Texas Hill | ENE 71° | 1,704 m | 12.0 mi |
| Scott Hill | ENE 62° | 1,625 m | 11.4 mi |
| American Hill | E 101° | 1,566 m | 14.5 mi |
| Helester Point | ENE 74° | 1,479 m | 9.0 mi |
| Remington Hill | NNE 27° | 1,477 m | 9.2 mi |
| Negro Jack Hill | NE 35° | 1,401 m | 7.3 mi |
| McGuire Mountain | NNE 32° | 1,352 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:54 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:02 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 47 | 50 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 76 | 72 | 62 | 51 | 45 |
| Precip in | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 5.1 | 8.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Colfax, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/97337376
Day trips start here
- Colfax · 8 mi
- Grass Valley · 11 mi
- Placer County · 11 mi
- Auburn · 23 mi
- Coloma · 26 mi
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