Adams Peak
Adams Peak rises to 2,494 m in California. Babbitt Peak stands 2,664 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Crystal Peak, a peak 2.5 miles away. Pyramid Lake Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off.
The story
Adams Peak is the highest mountain peak in the Diamond Mountains of the Sierra Nevada, located on the border of Plumas and Lassen Counties, California. The granitic summit is 8,199 ft (2,499 m) in elevation. The mountain burned during the 2021 Beckwourth Complex fires.
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Wikidata Q35723549, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,494 m
How to reach it
- 26.3 mi off the Pyramid Lake Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Crystal Peak: 2.5 mi
- Crystal Visa: 5.1 mi
- Red Rock: 5.8 mi
- Porcupine Mountain: 8.2 mi
- Seven Lakes Mountain: 8.4 mi
- Dotta Spring: 6.8 mi
- Lake Spring: 10.4 mi
- Little Valley Spring: 10.6 mi
- Higgens Spring: 11.2 mi
- Steele Springs: 11.3 mi
- Eagles Peak Ski Area: 4.5 mi
- Little Last Chance Canyon Scenic Area: 5.0 mi
- Dixon Memorial Park: 8.1 mi
- State Game Refuge One-P: 11.0 mi
- Doyle State Wildlife Area: 11.0 mi
- Milton Gottardi Museum Historic Catholic Church: 17.7 mi
- Loyalton Milton-Gottardi Museum: 17.8 mi
- Western Pacific Railroad Museum: 21.3 mi
- Flanigan: 21.2 mi
- Peavine Ranch: 21.7 mi
- Poeville: 24.4 mi
- Yellow Rock: 8.2 mi
- FCI Herlong: 16.7 mi
- Marble Hot Springs: 17.4 mi
- L.T.Davis Rest Area: 17.7 mi
- Gazebo: 17.7 mi
- Bonham School (historical): 21.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Adams Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babbitt Peak | S 181° | 2,664 m | 21.3 mi |
| Tule Peak | ENE 76° | 2,654 m | 19.4 mi |
| Dixie Mountain | WNW 281° | 2,537 m | 10.0 mi |
| Peavine Peak | SSE 158° | 2,504 m | 24.0 mi |
| Burma Summit | S 183° | 2,459 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Ina Coolbrith | S 189° | 2,454 m | 14.6 mi |
| South Mountain | SSE 160° | 2,442 m | 24.3 mi |
| State Line Peak | NE 38° | 2,433 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:52 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:56 | 16:39 |
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 | 33 | 38 | 44 | 48 | 55 | 62 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 52 | 40 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Doyle 4 SSE, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358796584
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- Loyalton · 18 mi
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