Towering Inferno
Towering Inferno is an attraction in California, at a modelled elevation of 101 m. Jedediah Mountain stands 1,760 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is SkyTrail, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Pacific Coast passes 29 miles off. 112 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.
A tree that was struck by lightning in 1996 and thereafter was consumed from the inside by fire.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Trees of Mystery
How to reach it
- 29.2 mi off the Pacific Coast, National
112 named places within 25 miles
- Footsteps Rocks: 2.7 mi
- Flint Rock Head / 'O Kneget: 4.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Pigeon Roost: 7.9 mi
- Childs Hill: 8.5 mi
- SkyTrail: 0.0 mi
- Brotherhood Tree: 0.1 mi
- Cathedral Tree: 0.1 mi
- Elephant Tree: 0.2 mi
- Trees of Mystery: 0.2 mi
- Battery Point Lighthouse: 12.6 mi
- Billy Boone Square: 12.8 mi
- S.S. Emidio: 12.8 mi
- U.S. Merchant Marine: 12.8 mi
- Point of Honor: 12.8 mi
- Hidden Beach: 1.1 mi
- Wilson Creek Beach: 1.4 mi
- Gold Bluffs Beach: 13.1 mi
- Pebble Beach: 14.5 mi
- Kellogg Road Beach: 20.7 mi
- High Bluff: 5.1 mi
- Half Butte: 13.1 mi
- Gold Bluffs: 14.7 mi
- Danger Point: 20.3 mi
- Freshwater Rocks: 22.1 mi
- Yurok Village Discovery Park: 4.4 mi
- Beach Front Park: 12.7 mi
- Brother Jonathan Park: 13.2 mi
- Del Norte County Fairgrounds: 13.4 mi
- Picnic table: 5.3 mi
- Lost Man Creek Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Redwood National & State Parks, Redwood Creek Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- MaryLee Thompson-Smith Commemorative Garden: 0.2 mi
- Trees of Mystery: 0.2 mi
- Paul Bunyan and Babe: 0.2 mi
- Driftwood Land Art: 21.4 mi
- Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park: 12.4 mi
- Murrelet State Wilderness: 14.4 mi
- Crescent City Lighthouse: 12.6 mi
- Oil House: 12.6 mi
- Fern Fall: 14.0 mi
- Trillium Falls: 18.5 mi
- Cedar Camp Spring: 13.0 mi
- Caltrans Redwood Bypass: 13.0 mi
- White Rock: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Towering Inferno. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jedediah Mountain | ENE 60° | 1,760 m | 23.2 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | E 84° | 1,758 m | 19.3 mi |
| Baldy Peak | ENE 72° | 1,747 m | 19.7 mi |
| Harrington Mountain | ENE 73° | 1,739 m | 21.4 mi |
| Prescott Mountain | ENE 64° | 1,736 m | 23.4 mi |
| Stevens Mountain | ENE 71° | 1,735 m | 21.2 mi |
| Ship Mountain | NE 55° | 1,618 m | 18.2 mi |
| Number Three | NE 55° | 1,616 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 20:13 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:05 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 47 | 49 | 51 | 54 | 55 | 59 | 59 | 58 | 54 | 49 | 46 |
| Precip in | 13.4 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 6.6 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 5.0 | 10.1 | 15.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Klamath, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13867783317
Day trips start here
- Klamath · 5 mi
- Del Norte County · 12 mi
- Redwood National Park · 12 mi
- Crescent City · 13 mi
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