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Herbert S. Miles Rest Area

Herbert S. Miles Rest Area from directly overhead

Herbert S. Miles Rest Area is a rest area in California, at a modelled elevation of 127 m. Inskip Hill stands 931 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

4.4 mi. N. of Red Bluff

How to reach it

Coordinates40.25134, -122.26096

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks: 23
  • Lookout Mountain: 3.1 mi
  • Round Mountain: 4.3 mi
  • Bald Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Tuscan Buttes: 8.9 mi
  • Potato Hill: 14.0 mi
Artworks: 23
Springs: 17
Museums: 8
  • Kelly-Griggs House Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Tehama County Museum: 17.1 mi
  • Eaton House: 24.0 mi
  • Behrens-Eaton Display Museum: 24.0 mi
  • Shasta Historical Society: 24.0 mi
Historic sites: 8
Gardens: 6
  • Discovery Garden: 7.3 mi
  • South African Garden: 24.5 mi
  • Chilean Garden: 24.5 mi
  • Australian Garden: 24.5 mi
  • Medicinal Garden: 24.5 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Picnic sites: 2
  • Vista Point: 21.5 mi
  • Vista Point: 22.1 mi
Attractions: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Herbert S. Miles Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Inskip HillENE 69°931 m17.8 mi
Finley ButteE 85°859 m20.8 mi
Black ButteNE 44°790 m19.8 mi
Little Inskip HillENE 64°720 m17.7 mi
Table MountainESE 105°713 m24.2 mi
Mule MountainNNW 327°708 m24.7 mi
Dewitt PeakESE 111°622 m17.8 mi
Jackass ButteENE 64°587 m20.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4020:0220:43
September equinox06:5718:3219:08
December solstice07:2916:0416:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475155606876828075655347
Precip in4.74.12.91.51.20.40.10.10.21.02.54.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RED Bluff Muni AP, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/97426581

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