Loafer Creek Recreation Area

Loafer Creek Recreation Area is a park in Butte County, Shasta Cascades, California. Loafer Creek Recreation Area is situated nearby to the locality The Ridge Homeowners Association, as well as near the hamlet Hurleton.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bidwell Bar Bridge and Oroville Dam.

Bidwell Bar Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Thad Roan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Bidwell Bar Bridge, in Oroville, California, is the name of two suspension bridges that cross different parts of Lake Oroville. The original Bidwell Bar Bridge was the first steel suspension bridge in California. Bidwell Bar Bridge is situated 2 miles northeast of Loafer Creek Recreation Area.

Oroville Dam

Dam

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Oroville Dam is an earthfill embankment dam on the Feather River east of the city of Oroville, California, in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of the Sacramento Valley. Oroville Dam is situated 2 miles northwest of Loafer Creek Recreation Area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hurleton and Wyandotte.

Hurleton

Hamlet

Hurleton is an unincorporated community in Butte County, California, United States. It is located 7.5 miles north of Bangor and lies at an elevation of 1598 feet. In August 2013, the town was threatened by a large brush fire, forcing some evacuations. Hurleton is situated 3½ miles southeast of Loafer Creek Recreation Area.

Wyandotte

Hamlet

Wyandotte is an unincorporated community in Butte County, California, United States. It is located 6 miles northwest of Bangor, at an elevation of 669 feet. Wyandotte is situated 4½ miles south of Loafer Creek Recreation Area.

Oroville

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Oroville is a small town in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Northern California. With a population in the greater urban area of 40,000, it is the seat of Butte County.

Loafer Creek Recreation Area

Type: Park
Description: park in Butte County, California, United States of America
Category: recreation area
Location: Butte County, Shasta Cascades, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.5235° or 39° 31′ 25″ north

Longitude

-121.44747° or 121° 26′ 51″ west

Elevation

1,004 feet (306 metres)

Open location code

84FWGHF3+92

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358824423

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

5367474

Wikidata ID

Q49518442

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In Other Languages

“Loafer Creek Recreation Area” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Loafer Creek Recreation Area”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as The Ridge Homeowners Association and South Oroville.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bidwell Canyon Marina and Bidwell Bar Canyon Saddle Dam.

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