LT. John C. Helmick Rest Area
LT. John C. Helmick Rest Area is a rest area in California, at a modelled elevation of 89 m. Eagle Peak stands 1,128 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Northside Park, a park 1.3 miles away. 131 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
1.3 mi. N. of Corning Road
How to reach it
131 named places within 25 miles
- Northside Park: 1.3 mi
- Martini Plaza: 1.5 mi
- Corning Community Park: 1.7 mi
- Senior Center Park: 1.8 mi
- Woodson Park: 2.0 mi
- Black Butte: 12.2 mi
- Orland Buttes: 13.8 mi
- Table Mountain: 15.2 mi
- Bald Knob: 15.4 mi
- Gleason Peak: 17.5 mi
- Jackson Spring Creek: 15.3 mi
- Ballard Spring: 18.1 mi
- Jungle Spring: 19.2 mi
- Uhl Spring: 20.4 mi
- Negro Spring: 20.6 mi
- Tehama County Museum: 6.9 mi
- Alta Schmidt House Museum: 13.9 mi
- Kelly-Griggs House Museum: 15.8 mi
- Chico Air Museum: 20.6 mi
- Museum of Northern California Art: 23.7 mi
- Fountain: 16.5 mi
- Monolith: 16.5 mi
- Portal: 16.6 mi
- IN HONOR OF ALL CHICO AREA VETERANS: 20.4 mi
- Bidwell Mansion: 23.9 mi
- Chico State Flame: 23.9 mi
- Ring Roll: 24.0 mi
- Three Sisters: 24.0 mi
- Steel "Sculpture": 24.0 mi
- Monoliths: 24.0 mi
- Discovery Garden: 14.5 mi
- Mary Lemcke Camellia Garden: 24.0 mi
- George Petersen Rose Garden: 24.0 mi
- Herbert S. Miles Rest Area: 21.4 mi
- Willows Rest Area Southbound: 24.4 mi
- Willows Rest Area Northbound: 24.4 mi
- Soto: 10.6 mi
- Monroeville: 21.9 mi
- Gray Davis Dye Creek Preserve: 15.1 mi
- Steamboat Point: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of LT. John C. Helmick Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Peak | W 267° | 1,128 m | 23.5 mi |
| Promontory Point | E 83° | 1,094 m | 24.6 mi |
| Brush Mountain | W 276° | 1,051 m | 24.5 mi |
| Red Mountain | W 273° | 967 m | 24.0 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | E 79° | 928 m | 22.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | E 94° | 757 m | 23.3 mi |
| Campbell Mound | E 85° | 709 m | 20.2 mi |
| Dewitt Peak | NE 42° | 622 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:05 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 55 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 74 | 65 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orland, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/97347641
Day trips start here
- Corning · 2 mi
- Tehama County · 13 mi
- Red Bluff · 16 mi
- Chico · 24 mi
- Glenn County · 27 mi
- Willows · 29 mi
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