Danger Point
Danger Point is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 448 m. Preston Peak stands 2,208 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Cold Spring Mountain, a peak 3.0 miles away. Pacific Coast passes 18 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 448 m
How to reach it
- 18.1 mi off the Pacific Coast, National
Overlooks nearby
- Rainbow Rock Viewpoint · 27 mi
- Cape Ferrelo Viewpoint · 28 mi
- House Rock Viewpoint · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cold Spring Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Upper Coon Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Kelly Peak: 3.8 mi
- Gasquet Mountain: 4.0 mi
- High Plateau Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Del Norte County Fairgrounds: 15.8 mi
- Beach Front Park: 16.1 mi
- Brother Jonathan Park: 16.8 mi
- Clifford Kamph Memorial Park: 17.0 mi
- Kamph Memorial Park: 17.1 mi
- Stout Grove: 9.6 mi
- Grove of Titans: 10.8 mi
- Boy Scout Tree: 12.3 mi
- Japanese Bombing Site Trailhead: 19.0 mi
- Towering Inferno: 20.3 mi
- Engine: 7.1 mi
- Point of Honor: 15.9 mi
- S.S. Emidio: 16.1 mi
- U.S. Merchant Marine: 16.1 mi
- Billy Boone Square: 16.1 mi
- Kellogg Road Beach: 15.3 mi
- Pebble Beach: 17.3 mi
- Pelican State Beach: 18.0 mi
- Wilson Creek Beach: 19.8 mi
- Hidden Beach: 21.3 mi
- Crissey Field State Recreation Site: 18.4 mi
- Rough and Ready Preserve: 18.6 mi
- Winchuck State Recreation Site: 18.6 mi
- Rough and Ready State Natural Site: 20.5 mi
- Woodcock Bog RNA (BLM): 22.3 mi
- Fern Fall: 12.5 mi
- Wilderness Falls: 15.4 mi
- Loretta Falls: 21.8 mi
- MaryLee Thompson-Smith Commemorative Garden: 20.5 mi
- Trees of Mystery: 20.5 mi
- Botanical Gardens: 23.1 mi
- Oil House: 16.6 mi
- Crescent City Lighthouse: 16.6 mi
- Half Butte: 16.8 mi
- Red Point: 21.2 mi
- Collier Tunnel Rest Area: 11.8 mi
- White Rock: 18.4 mi
- Cedar Camp Spring: 19.1 mi
- Waldo: 19.9 mi
- Paul Bunyan and Babe: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Danger Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Peak | E 94° | 2,208 m | 15.7 mi |
| El Capitan | E 86° | 2,075 m | 15.7 mi |
| Bear Mountain | ESE 107° | 1,953 m | 13.1 mi |
| Youngs Peak | E 79° | 1,908 m | 14.4 mi |
| Copper Mountain | E 91° | 1,903 m | 15.6 mi |
| Bear Cub | E 80° | 1,833 m | 15.9 mi |
| Sanger Peak | ENE 71° | 1,782 m | 14.1 mi |
| Twin Peaks | E 95° | 1,780 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:51 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:13 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:03 | 16:48 |
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 | 48 | 49 | 51 | 53 | 56 | 58 | 59 | 57 | 54 | 49 | 46 |
| Precip in | 11.5 | 9.0 | 9.8 | 6.8 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 4.7 | 9.5 | 13.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Crescent City 3 NNW, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358797486
Day trips start here
- Del Norte County · 8 mi
- Crescent City · 16 mi
- Klamath · 23 mi
- Brookings-Harbor · 24 mi
- Redwood National Park · 30 mi
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