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Cape Mendocino Light

Cape Mendocino Light, seen from above at true elevation

Cape Mendocino Light is a lighthouse 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 Lighthouse, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. 125 named places lie within 25 miles, 51 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.02237, -124.06947

125 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 51
  • 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
Parks: 14
  • 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: 14.9 mi
Attractions: 14
Historic sites: 9
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 7
Beaches: 6
  • 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
Nature reserves: 6
  • 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
Springs: 5
  • 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
Artworks: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Mill Creek Falls: 19.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Cape Vizcaino Arch: 24.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cape Mendocino Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
King PeakNNW 343°1,246 m9.7 mi
Red MountainESE 109°1,246 m22.9 mi
Pratt MountainENE 71°1,174 m21.1 mi
Tuttle ButtesENE 63°1,094 m21.0 mi
South Rainbow PeakN 354°1,078 m22.4 mi
North Slide PeakNNW 332°1,060 m12.6 mi
Grasshopper MountainNNE 14°1,028 m20.2 mi
Saddle MountainNNW 347°1,003 m7.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5319:29
June solstice05:4820:0920:49
September equinox07:0518:3919:15
December solstice07:3616:1216:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525354545760606162615653

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shelter Cove Aviation, under a mile away.

Mean tidal range 4.28 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Shelter Cove, CA, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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