Coast Guard Helicopter 6541
Coast Guard Helicopter 6541 is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. King Peak stands 1,246 m to the north-northwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Cape Mendocino Light, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. 125 named places lie within 25 miles, 51 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Inscription
- In memory of our shipmates and friends. On July 12, 1994, Coast Guard Helicopter 6541 responded to a mayday from a sailing vessel in distress south of Shelter Cove, CA.
How to reach it
125 named places within 25 miles
- Queen Peak: 3.6 mi
- Horse Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Grasshopper Hill: 7.2 mi
- Saddle Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Fire Hill: 7.7 mi
- Mal Coombs Park: 0.0 mi
- Sinkyone Wilderness State Park: 9.6 mi
- Richardson Grove State Park: 14.6 mi
- Honeydew Creek Day Use Area: 14.7 mi
- Southern Humboldt Community Park: 14.8 mi
- One-Log House: 14.8 mi
- Julia Morgan’s Redwood Grove Estate & Garden Tours: 14.9 mi
- Confusion Hill Gravity House: 17.6 mi
- World Famous Tree House: 17.7 mi
- Confusion Hill Redwood Shoehouse: 17.7 mi
- Cape Mendocino Lighthouse: 0.0 mi
- United States Veterans: 0.0 mi
- The Twin Towers: 17.6 mi
- Myers Plaque: 19.5 mi
- Childrens Forest Plaque: 19.7 mi
- Kaluna Cliff: 2.3 mi
- Point No Pass: 5.4 mi
- Anderson Cliff: 12.9 mi
- Anderson Cliff: 13.6 mi
- Impassable at high tide - Lost Coast Trail: 18.8 mi
- Williams Grove Day Use Area: 19.9 mi
- Garden Club of America Grove Day Use Area: 20.6 mi
- Drive-Thru Tree Park Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
- Mendocino Redwood Company Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
- Big Trees Day Use Area: 23.0 mi
- Black Sands Beach: 2.0 mi
- Jones Beach: 6.9 mi
- Needle Rock Beach: 7.7 mi
- Usal Beach: 17.7 mi
- Mattole Beach: 23.9 mi
- Richardson Grove State Park: 15.4 mi
- John B. Dewitt Redwoods State Natural Reserve: 15.6 mi
- Bull Creek State Wilderness: 20.1 mi
- Humboldt Redwoods State Park: 21.5 mi
- Bull Creek State Wilderness: 22.3 mi
- Pepperwood Spring: 2.8 mi
- Bonus Spring: 11.3 mi
- Miller Spring: 11.4 mi
- Telegraph Spring: 14.1 mi
- PVC pipe spring: 17.6 mi
- Mario Machi: 0.0 mi
- Bureau of Land Management Lands: 1.7 mi
- World's Tallest Free Standing Redwood Chainsaw Carving: 17.7 mi
- Bill Cipher: 17.7 mi
- Cape Mendocino Light: 0.0 mi
- Mill Creek Falls: 19.7 mi
- Cape Vizcaino Arch: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Coast Guard Helicopter 6541. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Peak | NNW 343° | 1,246 m | 9.7 mi |
| Red Mountain | ESE 109° | 1,246 m | 22.9 mi |
| Pratt Mountain | ENE 71° | 1,174 m | 21.1 mi |
| Tuttle Buttes | ENE 63° | 1,094 m | 21.0 mi |
| South Rainbow Peak | N 354° | 1,078 m | 22.4 mi |
| North Slide Peak | NNW 332° | 1,060 m | 12.6 mi |
| Grasshopper Mountain | NNE 14° | 1,028 m | 20.2 mi |
| Saddle Mountain | NNW 347° | 1,003 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:09 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:12 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 53 | 54 | 54 | 57 | 60 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 61 | 56 | 53 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shelter Cove Aviation, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7734888174
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