Blue Mountain
Blue Mountain rises to 1,603 m in California. Boulder Peak stands 2,512 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Maple Spring, a spring 2.1 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Siskiyou County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49014426, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,603.3 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Slinkard Ridge: 2.9 mi
- Grider Ridge: 3.2 mi
- Slinkard Peak: 3.6 mi
- Lake Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Frying Pan Ridge: 4.9 mi
- Maple Spring: 2.1 mi
- Fern Spring: 4.8 mi
- Faulkstein Spring: 5.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 5.6 mi
- Quail Spring: 6.3 mi
- Maple Falls: 9.2 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 10.8 mi
- Ponytail Falls: 11.0 mi
- Wilderness Falls: 22.3 mi
- Loretta Falls: 22.9 mi
- Sugar pine river access: 9.3 mi
- Bigfoot Trap: 19.3 mi
- Sanctuary One: 21.6 mi
- Oregon Caves National Monument: 24.5 mi
- Limestone Bluffs: 2.3 mi
- Ferry Point: 14.2 mi
- Blue Nose Bluff: 22.7 mi
- The People's Center: 9.5 mi
- Fort Jones Museum: 21.8 mi
- Oregon Caves Visitor Center: 24.5 mi
- Scotts Bar Monument: 10.1 mi
- Cabin: 13.6 mi
- Oro Fino Historic Plaque: 19.8 mi
- Happy Camp River Park: 9.0 mi
- City Park: 21.8 mi
- Jones Beach: 12.0 mi
- Seattle Bar Day Use Area: 16.1 mi
- Copper: 17.2 mi
- Open Soon: 21.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Blue Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boulder Peak | SSE 159° | 2,512 m | 14.9 mi |
| Black Marble Mountain | S 182° | 2,268 m | 14.0 mi |
| Kings Castle | S 187° | 2,257 m | 11.5 mi |
| Box Camp Mountain | S 176° | 2,215 m | 12.6 mi |
| Condrey Mountain | NE 46° | 2,164 m | 15.6 mi |
| Big Ridge | SSW 193° | 2,141 m | 8.5 mi |
| Tom Martin Peak | ESE 114° | 2,140 m | 6.7 mi |
| Marble Mountain | S 183° | 2,131 m | 14.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:48 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:10 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:01 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 40 | 45 | 50 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yreka, 29 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 219508 — Blue Mountain, Siskiyou County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358762164
Day trips start here
- Klamath River · 20 mi
- Oregon Caves National Monument · 25 mi
- Etna · 27 mi
- Yreka · 29 mi
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