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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
1,850 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: 8
  • 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 20.8 miles of Brushy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thompson PeakENE2,726 m15.3 mi
Caesar PeakENE2,714 m15.9 mi
Mount HiltonENE2,694 m13.7 mi
Sawtooth MountainENE2,662 m16.5 mi
Caribou MountainENE2,609 m20.3 mi
Wedding CakeENE2,605 m15.0 mi
Little Granite PeakENE2,443 m16.0 mi
Weaver BallyESE2,268 m16.6 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 50–80 °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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