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Bare Mountain

Bare Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Bare Mountain rises to 1,790 m in California. Grayback Mountain stands 2,148 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Spees Peak, a peak 1.5 miles away.

The story

mountain in Siskiyou County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49010731, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1790 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.98623, -123.44645

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Spees Peak: 1.5 mi
  • Althouse Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • Grizzly Peak: 2.3 mi
  • Bolan Mountain: 2.3 mi
  • Weston Mountain: 2.5 mi
Springs: 15
Attractions: 11
  • Oregon Caves National Monument: 8.0 mi
  • Fir glade trailhead: 8.1 mi
  • Cook and Green Trailhead: 13.8 mi
  • Great Cats World Park: 15.2 mi
  • Great Cats World Park: 15.3 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Museums: 5
Nature reserves: 5
Artworks: 5
  • The Dovetail joint: 18.0 mi
  • It's a Burl gallery: 18.1 mi
  • Madronita: 21.8 mi
  • Tree of life: 21.8 mi
  • Dragonfly: 21.9 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Sailor's Diggings - Waldo Memorial: 11.3 mi
  • Cabin: 11.7 mi
  • Fort Briggs Historical Marker: 13.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Parks: 3
  • Indian Hill Ranch: 13.1 mi
  • Happy Camp River Park: 13.9 mi
  • Illinois River Forks State Park: 16.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Seattle Bar Day Use Area: 15.2 mi
Rest areas: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Bare Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grayback MountainNE 39°2,148.23 m11.0 mi
El CapitanSW 226°2,075 m11.7 mi
Big Sugarloaf PeakNE 37°2,030 m11.7 mi
Arnold MountainENE 76°2,026.31 m7.7 mi
Lake MountainNNE 31°2,000 m8.5 mi
Pyramid PeakE 94°1,966.265 m5.3 mi
Whisky PeakENE 76°1,950 m9.8 mi
Little PrestonSW 218°1,945 m12.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:4919:26
June solstice05:3920:1120:54
September equinox07:0218:3619:13
December solstice07:3916:0116:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414447525965737266554640
Precip in11.48.58.64.12.10.80.20.30.83.58.012.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cave Junction 1 WNW, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 256510 — Bare Mountain, Siskiyou County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358796752

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