Bumpass Mountain
Bumpass Mountain rises to 2,664 m in California. Lassen Peak stands 3,187 m to the north, 1.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Turquoise Pool, a hot spring 0.2 miles away.
The story
Bumpass Mountain is a mountain located south of Lassen Peak in Lassen Volcanic National Park, California. It rises to an elevation of 8,753 feet (2,668 m) near Bumpass Hell and Lake Helen. The mountain receives heavy snowfall during the winter, which can lead to deep snowpacks of over 300 inches (7.6 m) near the mountain. Both the mountain and Bumpass Hell were named in honor of Kendall V. Bumpass, a hunter, guide and prospector in the area around Red Bluff, California, before 1870.
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Wikidata Q4997321, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2664 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Helen: 0.7 mi
- Ski Heil Peak: 1.5 mi
- Eagle Peak: 1.5 mi
- Diamond Peak: 1.6 mi
- Pilot Pinnacle: 1.9 mi
- Cold Boiling Spring: 0.9 mi
- Supans Springs: 2.1 mi
- Tophet Springs: 2.1 mi
- Cascade Springs: 3.5 mi
- Old Boundary Spring: 4.4 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 2.4 mi
- Warner Valley Rim: 10.6 mi
- Crystal Cliffs: 10.7 mi
- Mud Creek Rim: 16.2 mi
- Palisade Cliff: 16.3 mi
- Bumpass Hell: 0.3 mi
- Sulphur Works: 2.1 mi
- Devils Kitchen: 3.6 mi
- Devastated Area: 4.2 mi
- Hot Rock: 5.1 mi
- Mill Creek Falls: 1.6 mi
- Kings Creek Falls: 3.0 mi
- Bluff Falls: 3.8 mi
- Deadhorse Falls: 15.8 mi
- Deer Creek Falls: 17.9 mi
- Turquoise Pool: 0.2 mi
- Big Boiler: 0.3 mi
- Pyrite Pool: 0.3 mi
- Drakesbad Hot Springs: 5.2 mi
- Terminal Geyser: 7.0 mi
- Kings Creek Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
- Hat Creek Campground Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
- Old Station Day Use Area: 15.0 mi
- Elam Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- Chester Park: 17.5 mi
- Dig It Meadow: 18.0 mi
- Meadow Park: 20.4 mi
- Swain Mountain Experimental Forest: 20.7 mi
- Shingletown Rest Area: 17.8 mi
- Lake Almanor Rest Area: 20.8 mi
- Bogard Rest Area: 22.3 mi
- Lassen Volcanic National Park: 5.2 mi
- Deer Creek Preserve: 20.8 mi
- Mount Harkness Lookout: 10.6 mi
- Fort Maxwell: 11.5 mi
- Chester-Lake Almanor Museum: 17.7 mi
- Catfish Beach: 19.9 mi
- Totem Pole: 20.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Bumpass Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lassen Peak | N 350° | 3,187 m | 1.9 mi |
| Brokeoff Mountain | WSW 251° | 2,814 m | 3.4 mi |
| Eagle Peak | NW 316° | 2,811 m | 1.5 mi |
| Mount Diller | W 275° | 2,750 m | 2.4 mi |
| Ski Heil Peak | WNW 303° | 2,721 m | 1.5 mi |
| Mount Helen | NNW 342° | 2,694 m | 0.7 mi |
| Pilot Pinnacle | WNW 286° | 2,672 m | 1.9 mi |
| Reading Peak | ENE 71° | 2,647 m | 1.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:59 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:00 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 32 | 35 | 39 | 48 | 55 | 63 | 62 | 57 | 46 | 37 | 31 |
| Precip in | 6.5 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 6.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manzanita Lake, 7 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Lassen Volcanic National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Dec and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 254678 — Bumpass Mountain, Shasta County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358796028
Day trips start here
- Lassen Volcanic National Park · 5 mi
- Shingletown · 19 mi
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