Rancheria Creek Falls
Rancheria Creek Falls is a waterfall in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,546 m. Blackcap Mountain stands 3,519 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarpine Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away.
The story
Creek in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q123377948, matched on coordinates and name (362 m apart).
What the record says
- Height
- 10 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugarpine Hill: 1.0 mi
- Patterson Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Hoffman Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Finger Rock: 5.8 mi
- Hall Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Wiesman Spring: 3.4 mi
- Lousy Spring: 4.2 mi
- Sycamore Springs: 8.8 mi
- Clover Meadow Spring: 11.0 mi
- Delilah Spring: 11.4 mi
- Garlic Falls: 6.2 mi
- Silver Spray Falls: 11.8 mi
- Blue Canyon Falls: 13.7 mi
- Ella Falls: 14.6 mi
- Viola Falls: 14.6 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
- Mc Kinley Botanical Area: 8.3 mi
- Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 10.2 mi
- Dinkey Fisherman Picnic Site: 12.2 mi
- Zephyr Headquarters: 9.3 mi
- Whitewater Voyages Headquarters: 9.3 mi
- Chicago Stump: 10.4 mi
- Gamlin Cabin: 13.5 mi
- Centennial Stump: 13.5 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 2.7 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 9.4 mi
- Trimmer Recreation Area: 16.5 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 18.3 mi
- Fishing Club: 19.5 mi
- Patterson Bluffs: 5.0 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 13.5 mi
- Grand Bluff: 15.4 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 17.8 mi
- Great Cliffs: 22.5 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 13.9 mi
- Qualls Camp: 16.9 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 21.9 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 22.0 mi
- 786 Squadron Memorial: 23.4 mi
- Jumping Rock: 11.7 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 11.9 mi
- Bookie Bear: 19.9 mi
- Museum of the Sierra: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Rancheria Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackcap Mountain | NE 51° | 3,519 m | 14.4 mi |
| Castle Peak | ENE 67° | 3,249 m | 8.0 mi |
| Scepter | NE 51° | 3,238 m | 10.8 mi |
| Three Sisters | NNW 346° | 3,215 m | 14.1 mi |
| Brown Peak | NNW 345° | 3,145 m | 13.0 mi |
| Eagle Peak | N 354° | 3,125 m | 10.1 mi |
| Nelson Mountain | NNW 344° | 3,120 m | 10.5 mi |
| Spanish Mountain | ESE 112° | 3,064 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:41 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 66 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Balch PWR House, 6 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 43.2 | 56.0 | 98.2 | 312 | 726 | 661 | 167 | 27.1 | 18.8 | 21.3 | 34.9 | 53.0 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge NF Kings R NR Cliff Camp CA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/903040622
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