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Shingletown Rest Area

Shingletown Rest Area from directly overhead

Shingletown Rest Area is a rest area in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,136 m. Lassen Peak stands 3,187 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Meadow Park, a park 2.9 miles away.

3.1 mi. E. of Shingletown

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Coordinates40.50602, -121.83253
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Chall Mountain: 4.0 mi
  • Di Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Digger Butte: 5.7 mi
  • Alamine Peak: 5.9 mi
  • Blue Mountain: 6.1 mi
Springs: 36
Waterfalls: 8
  • Bear Creek Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Clover Creek Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Deadhorse Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Bluff Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Mill Creek Falls: 17.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
Parks: 6
  • Meadow Park: 2.9 mi
  • Reading Adobe Historical Marker: 20.9 mi
  • Anderson River Park: 23.0 mi
  • North Street Park: 24.5 mi
  • Stillwater Heights Park: 24.6 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Seismograph: 14.3 mi
  • Sulphur Works: 16.1 mi
  • Bumpass Hell: 17.7 mi
  • Hot Rock: 18.1 mi
  • Devastated Area: 19.3 mi
Hot springs: 5
Picnic sites: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Totem Pole: 3.0 mi
  • Metal Horse: 17.5 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Historic sites: 2
  • Afterthought Mine: 20.2 mi
  • Anderson Veterans Memorial: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Shingletown Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lassen PeakE 94°3,187 m17.3 mi
Brokeoff MountainESE 106°2,814 m15.0 mi
Eagle PeakE 97°2,811 m16.6 mi
Mount DillerE 101°2,750 m15.4 mi
Ski Heil PeakE 98°2,721 m16.4 mi
Mount HelenE 98°2,694 m17.5 mi
Pilot PinnacleE 99°2,672 m16.0 mi
Loomis PeakE 95°2,626 m15.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4419:20
June solstice05:3820:0120:42
September equinox06:5618:3019:06
December solstice07:2816:0116:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323235394855636257463731
Precip in6.55.56.44.32.91.30.30.30.72.74.76.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manzanita Lake, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1541100211

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