Copco Number 2 Dam
Copco Number 2 Dam is a historic site in California, at a recorded elevation of 787 m. Willow Creek Mountain stands 2,384 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Copco Number 1 Dam, a historic site 0.3 miles away.
Demolished in 2023.
The story
Dam in Siskiyou County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q48983523, matched on coordinates and name (108 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 787 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Daggett Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Sloan Butte: 1.0 mi
- Bloomingcamp Peak: 1.4 mi
- Close Butte: 1.6 mi
- Coyote Peak: 3.9 mi
- Juniper Point Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- Tub Springs State Park: 10.9 mi
- Turtle Campground: 13.5 mi
- Sugar Pine County Group Campground: 15.7 mi
- Asperkaha County Campground: 15.7 mi
- Copco Number 1 Dam: 0.3 mi
- Iron Gate Dam: 5.9 mi
- Potter's Mill: 6.9 mi
- New Pokegama: 7.0 mi
- Klamathon: 10.3 mi
- Klamath River Fishing Access: 12.0 mi
- Butte Valley Wildlife Area: 15.5 mi
- Shasta Valley Wildlife Area: 20.3 mi
- China Hill Yreka Phlox Preserve: 21.5 mi
- Oredson-Todd Woods: 21.7 mi
- Ward's Canyon: 0.6 mi
- Klamath Rim: 1.6 mi
- Rock Slide: 18.6 mi
- Pompadour Bluff: 21.9 mi
- Cedar Point: 22.3 mi
- Mirror Cove Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
- Martins Dairy Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Madrone: 24.2 mi
- Lower Greenhorn Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- Jack Daniel: 14.0 mi
- Captain Morgan: 14.0 mi
- Welcoming Dragon: 20.7 mi
- Welcome Sign / Sculpture: 22.9 mi
- Clay St Community Garden: 22.4 mi
- Japanese Garden: 24.4 mi
- Ashland Creek Community Garden: 24.5 mi
- Helman Community Garden: 24.9 mi
- Randolph E. Collier Rest Area: 14.8 mi
- Siskiyou Rest Area: 20.6 mi
- Grass Lake Rest Area: 24.9 mi
- ScienceWorks: 23.2 mi
- Green Show: 24.4 mi
- Oregon Shakespeare Festival: 24.4 mi
- Jenny Creek Spring: 15.6 mi
- Big Springs: 18.4 mi
- Railroad Museum: 20.0 mi
- Siskiyou County Museum: 23.4 mi
- Pinehurst: 9.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Copco Number 2 Dam. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Creek Mountain | SSE 155° | 2,384 m | 12.4 mi |
| Ball Mountain | SE 143° | 2,373 m | 15.9 mi |
| Butte Mountain | SE 140° | 2,103 m | 12.0 mi |
| Eagle Rock | SE 144° | 2,092 m | 8.7 mi |
| Cottonwood Peak | WSW 248° | 2,014 m | 17.0 mi |
| Summit Rock Point | NNE 27° | 1,994 m | 18.1 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NE 36° | 1,884 m | 16.7 mi |
| Chinquapin Mountain | NNW 337° | 1,870 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:07 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 15:57 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 45 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copco #1 DAM, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1311812935
Day trips start here
- Hornbrook · 12 mi
- Yreka · 23 mi
- Ashland · 24 mi
- Klamath River · 26 mi
- Talent · 29 mi
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