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Border Mountain

Border Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Border Mountain rises to 1,905 m in California. Lyons Peak stands 2,398 m to the north-northwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Butte, a peak 1.2 miles away.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49014888, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1905 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.49127, -121.46805

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Natural arches: 13
  • Natural Bridge: 14.8 mi
  • Ovis Bridge: 14.9 mi
  • Heppe Bridge: 14.9 mi
  • Brushy Bridge: 15.2 mi
  • Venetian Bridge: 15.2 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Freudian System Cave: 10.1 mi
  • Hidden Valley: 14.4 mi
  • Garden Bridges: 15.2 mi
  • Fleener Chimneys: 19.2 mi
  • Black Crater: 19.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Noble Bluff: 20.8 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 21.1 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 21.7 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 22.4 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 22.9 mi
Parks: 1
  • Long Bell State Game Refuge 1N: 5.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Doorknob Snowmobile park: 13.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Deer Spring: 19.4 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Border Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakNNW 342°2,398 m6.4 mi
Mount HoffmanNNW 332°2,397 m9.4 mi
Red Shale ButteNNW 335°2,381 m6.7 mi
Glass MountainNNW 346°2,316 m7.8 mi
Medicine MountainNW 304°2,295 m9.0 mi
Badger PeakNW 312°2,236 m11.1 mi
Little Mount HoffmanWNW 301°2,197 m11.6 mi
Red Cap MountainWNW 285°2,147 m14.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:18
June solstice05:3320:0220:44
September equinox06:5418:2819:05
December solstice07:3015:5516:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333540445260696862513932
Precip in1.62.11.91.31.41.00.40.30.40.81.51.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lava Beds NAT MON, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 219660 — Border Mountain, Siskiyou County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358762287

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