Rest area · California
LT. John C. Helmick Rest Area
LT. John C. Helmick Rest Area is a rest area in California, at a modelled elevation of 90 m. Eagle Peak stands 1,128 m to the west, 23 miles off. 134 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
1.3 mi. N. of Corning Road
How to reach it
Coordinates39.94796, -122.20135
134 named places within 25 miles
Parks: 55
- Northside Park: 1.5 mi
- Martini Plaza: 1.7 mi
- Corning Community Park: 1.9 mi
- Senior Center Park: 1.9 mi
- Woodson Park: 2.1 mi
Peaks: 23
- Black Butte: 12.2 mi
- Orland Buttes: 13.9 mi
- Table Mountain: 15.0 mi
- Bald Knob: 15.4 mi
- Gleason Peak: 17.3 mi
Springs: 15
- Jackson Spring Creek: 15.3 mi
- Ballard Spring: 18.1 mi
- Jungle Spring: 19.1 mi
- Uhl Spring: 20.3 mi
- Negro Spring: 20.8 mi
Museums: 12
- Tehama County Museum: 6.9 mi
- Alta Schmidt House Museum: 14.1 mi
- Kelly-Griggs House Museum: 15.7 mi
- Chico Air Museum: 20.8 mi
- Museum of Northern California Art: 23.9 mi
Historic sites: 8
- Fountain: 16.4 mi
- Monolith: 16.4 mi
- Portal: 16.4 mi
- IN HONOR OF ALL CHICO AREA VETERANS: 20.6 mi
- Bidwell Mansion: 24.1 mi
Artworks: 7
- Chico State Flame: 24.1 mi
- Ring Roll: 24.1 mi
- Three Sisters: 24.2 mi
- Steel "Sculpture": 24.2 mi
- Monoliths: 24.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
- LT. John C. Helmick Rest Area: 0.2 mi
- Herbert S. Miles Rest Area: 21.2 mi
- Herbert S. Miles Rest Area: 22.6 mi
- Willows Rest Area Southbound: 24.6 mi
- Willows Rest Area Northbound: 24.6 mi
Gardens: 4
- Discovery Garden: 14.3 mi
- Rose Garden: 24.1 mi
- Mary Lemcke Camellia Garden: 24.2 mi
- George Petersen Rose Garden: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Soto: 10.7 mi
- Monroeville: 22.1 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Steamboat Point: 20.9 mi
- Eagle Rock: 24.9 mi
Nature reserves: 1
- Gray Davis Dye Creek Preserve: 15.0 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 | 23.4 mi |
| Promontory Point | E 83° | 1,094 m | 24.7 mi |
| Brush Mountain | W 276° | 1,051 m | 24.4 mi |
| Red Mountain | W 273° | 967 m | 23.9 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | E 79° | 928 m | 22.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | E 94° | 757 m | 23.4 mi |
| Campbell Mound | E 85° | 709 m | 20.3 mi |
| Dewitt Peak | NE 43° | 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/97347640
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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