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Brushy Mountain

Brushy Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Brushy Mountain rises to 1,850 m in California. Thompson Peak stands 2,726 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away.

The story

mountain in Trinity County, California, United States (GNIS ID = 257549)

Wikidata Q49015857, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1850 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.88486, -123.29782

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 10
  • Veterans Park: 17.2 mi
  • Tonkin Park: 17.7 mi
  • Commons Park in Willow Creek, CA: 17.8 mi
  • Boise Creek Campgrouns USFS: 19.3 mi
  • Brush Mountain Lookout: 19.5 mi
Springs: 9
  • Marble Springs: 8.7 mi
  • Hayfork Spring: 14.6 mi
  • China Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Cold Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Fir Root Spring: 19.4 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Gray Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Burnt Ranch Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Canyon Creek Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Middle Canyon Creek Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Upper Canyon Creek Falls: 15.3 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Artworks: 4
  • Bigfoot Statue: 17.7 mi
  • Gonzalez Bigfoot Statue: 17.8 mi
  • Museum Bigfoot Statue: 17.9 mi
  • Gold Panner: 17.9 mi
Historic sites: 3
Museums: 3
  • Ironsides Museum: 11.7 mi
  • Jake Jackson Memorial Museum: 21.6 mi
  • Hoopa Valley Museum: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Hlel-Din River Access/South Fork & Trinity confluence: 15.9 mi
  • Kimtu Beach on Trinity River: 17.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Hayfork Reservoir: 23.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Brushy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thompson PeakENE 58°2,726 m15.3 mi
Caesar PeakENE 59°2,714 m15.9 mi
Mount HiltonENE 69°2,694 m13.7 mi
Sawtooth MountainENE 68°2,662 m16.5 mi
Caribou MountainENE 60°2,609 m20.3 mi
Wedding CakeENE 60°2,605 m15.0 mi
Little Granite PeakENE 78°2,443 m16.0 mi
Monument PeakESE 102°2,360 m17.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4919:26
June solstice05:4220:0820:49
September equinox07:0118:3619:12
December solstice07:3516:0516:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424550546167757468584741
Precip in6.45.44.62.61.70.70.20.20.42.24.27.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG BAR 4 E, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358797047

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