Hot Rock
Hot Rock is an attraction in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,872 m. Lassen Peak stands 3,187 m to the south-southwest, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Boundary Spring, a spring 0.9 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Raker Peak: 1.1 mi
- Survivors Hill: 1.7 mi
- Chaos Crags: 1.8 mi
- Krummholz Dome: 1.9 mi
- Chaos Crater: 1.9 mi
- Old Boundary Spring: 0.9 mi
- Cascade Springs: 4.5 mi
- Onion Springs: 5.2 mi
- Cold Boiling Spring: 5.4 mi
- Supans Springs: 6.3 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 3.9 mi
- Crystal Cliffs: 11.4 mi
- Red Cliff: 12.6 mi
- Gray Cliff: 13.0 mi
- Warner Valley Rim: 13.3 mi
- Devastated Area: 1.8 mi
- Seismograph: 3.8 mi
- Bumpass Hell: 5.3 mi
- Sulphur Works: 6.3 mi
- Devils Kitchen: 7.0 mi
- Kings Creek Falls: 5.8 mi
- Mill Creek Falls: 6.6 mi
- Bluff Falls: 8.7 mi
- Deadhorse Falls: 20.1 mi
- Deer Creek Falls: 23.0 mi
- Turquoise Pool: 5.3 mi
- Big Boiler: 5.3 mi
- Pyrite Pool: 5.4 mi
- Drakesbad Hot Springs: 7.8 mi
- Terminal Geyser: 9.8 mi
- Kings Creek Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
- Hat Creek Campground Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Old Station Day Use Area: 9.9 mi
- Elam Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Chester Park: 20.7 mi
- Meadow Park: 20.9 mi
- Swain Mountain Experimental Forest: 21.3 mi
- Dig It Meadow: 21.3 mi
- Shingletown Rest Area: 18.1 mi
- Bogard Rest Area: 19.8 mi
- Lake Almanor Rest Area: 23.5 mi
- Mount Harkness Lookout: 12.2 mi
- Fort Maxwell: 14.2 mi
- Lassen Volcanic National Park: 4.9 mi
- Chester-Lake Almanor Museum: 20.8 mi
- Totem Pole: 21.0 mi
- Catfish Beach: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Hot Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lassen Peak | SSW 193° | 3,187 m | 3.3 mi |
| Brokeoff Mountain | SSW 210° | 2,814 m | 7.1 mi |
| Eagle Peak | SSW 201° | 2,811 m | 4.2 mi |
| Mount Diller | SSW 210° | 2,750 m | 5.6 mi |
| Ski Heil Peak | SSW 201° | 2,721 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mount Helen | S 188° | 2,694 m | 4.5 mi |
| Pilot Pinnacle | SSW 206° | 2,672 m | 5.1 mi |
| Bumpass Mountain | S 185° | 2,664 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:00 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:59 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 32 | 35 | 39 | 48 | 55 | 63 | 62 | 57 | 46 | 37 | 31 |
| Precip in | 6.5 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 6.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manzanita Lake, 5 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Lassen Volcanic National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Dec and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/5998104765
Day trips start here
- Lassen Volcanic National Park · 5 mi
- Shingletown · 20 mi
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