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Brush Mountain

Brush Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Brush Mountain rises to 1,141 m in California. Magee Peak stands 2,563 m to the south, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Hat Creek Park, a park 3.7 miles away.

The story

mountain in Shasta County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49015766, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1141 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.92822, -121.58582

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Lookout Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • Rocky Ledge Butte: 5.8 mi
  • Burney Spring Mountain: 6.2 mi
  • Cinder Butte: 6.5 mi
  • Long Valley Mountain: 6.5 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Burney Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Pit River Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Clark Creek Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Rock Creek Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Young Falls: 16.1 mi
Cliffs: 8
Parks: 4
Attractions: 2
Historic sites: 2
  • Lockhart Ferry: 9.0 mi
  • Site of the First School in Fall River Valley: 16.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Old Station Day Use Area: 19.1 mi
  • Hat Creek Campground Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
Museums: 1
Rest areas: 1
Springs: 1
  • Deer Springs: 23.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Brush Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Magee PeakS 186°2,563 m16.6 mi
Crater PeakS 187°2,552 m16.0 mi
Fredonyer PeakS 182°2,412 m16.8 mi
Burney MountainSSW 195°2,395 m8.7 mi
Freaner PeakS 176°2,250 m13.1 mi
Logan MountainS 171°2,209 m17.2 mi
Hall ButteS 175°2,177 m16.2 mi
Snow MountainSW 224°2,076 m15.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:19
June solstice05:3520:0120:42
September equinox06:5518:2919:05
December solstice07:2815:5816:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353843485663696761514134
Precip in3.02.62.71.81.50.70.20.20.41.12.13.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — HAT Creek, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 257534 — Brush Mountain, Shasta County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358797040

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