Crystal Cliffs
Crystal Cliffs is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 2,221 m. Lassen Peak stands 3,187 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Inspiration Point, a peak 0.8 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2221 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Inspiration Point: 0.8 mi
- Bonte Peak: 2.2 mi
- Mount Hoffman: 2.3 mi
- Mount Harkness: 2.3 mi
- Saddle Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Panther Spring: 4.4 mi
- Cascade Springs: 7.6 mi
- Domingo Spring: 7.7 mi
- Cold Boiling Spring: 9.9 mi
- Old Boundary Spring: 10.6 mi
- Warner Valley Rim: 5.0 mi
- Mud Creek Rim: 8.1 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 12.5 mi
- Butte Creek Rim: 20.1 mi
- Red Cliff: 22.7 mi
- Devils Kitchen: 7.5 mi
- Devastated Area: 9.7 mi
- Bumpass Hell: 10.9 mi
- Hot Rock: 11.4 mi
- Sulphur Works: 12.7 mi
- Terminal Geyser: 5.2 mi
- Drakesbad Hot Springs: 5.9 mi
- Pyrite Pool: 10.8 mi
- Turquoise Pool: 10.8 mi
- Big Boiler: 10.9 mi
- Kings Creek Falls: 7.7 mi
- Mill Creek Falls: 11.6 mi
- Bluff Falls: 13.0 mi
- Deer Creek Falls: 21.5 mi
- Deadhorse Falls: 24.5 mi
- Kings Creek Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Hat Creek Campground Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Old Station Day Use Area: 16.4 mi
- Elam Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- East Shore Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
- Swain Mountain Experimental Forest: 10.1 mi
- Chester Park: 11.2 mi
- Dig It Meadow: 11.9 mi
- Clear Creek Park: 17.3 mi
- Mount Harkness Lookout: 2.3 mi
- Fort Maxwell: 5.4 mi
- Vehicle: 23.7 mi
- Catfish Beach: 12.3 mi
- Westwood Beach: 18.1 mi
- Lake Almanor Rest Area: 13.2 mi
- Bogard Rest Area: 13.9 mi
- Lassen Volcanic National Park: 6.6 mi
- Chester-Lake Almanor Museum: 11.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Crystal Cliffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lassen Peak | W 279° | 3,187 m | 11.2 mi |
| Eagle Peak | W 274° | 2,811 m | 11.8 mi |
| Mount Diller | W 270° | 2,750 m | 13.1 mi |
| Ski Heil Peak | W 273° | 2,721 m | 12.0 mi |
| Mount Helen | W 272° | 2,694 m | 10.9 mi |
| Pilot Pinnacle | W 271° | 2,672 m | 12.5 mi |
| Bumpass Mountain | W 269° | 2,664 m | 10.7 mi |
| Reading Peak | W 273° | 2,647 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:59 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:59 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 34 | 38 | 44 | 52 | 60 | 67 | 66 | 60 | 50 | 39 | 32 |
| Precip in | 6.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 6.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chester, 12 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 way/955071406
Day trips start here
- Lassen Volcanic National Park · 7 mi
- Shingletown · 30 mi
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