Burney Mountain
Burney Mountain rises to 2,395 m in California. Magee Peak stands 2,563 m to the south, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Doyle Butte, a peak 2.4 miles away.
The story
Burney Mountain is a lava dome complex located in the Cascade Range of eastern Shasta County, California, next to the slightly larger Crater Peak and slightly smaller Magee Peak. It stands at 2,397 m (7,854 ft) and is around 8.9 km (5.5 mi) south-southeast of Burney, California. Burney Mountain last erupted about 230,000 years ago during the Pleistocene epoch. It is composed of two craters, which open to the east. Burney Mountain is the largest Quaternary dome in the Cascade Volcanic Arc, containing a volume of about 9 km3 (2.2 mi3). The eastern side of the mountain was burned in the Eiler Fire in 2014, ultimately destroying 21 structures and injuring 11 people, mostly in Hat Creek.
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Wikidata Q49016893, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2395 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Doyle Butte: 2.4 mi
- Twin Buttes: 2.6 mi
- Rocky Ledge Butte: 3.1 mi
- Whittington Butte: 3.6 mi
- Dutch Butte: 3.9 mi
- Lion Wash Falls: 14.2 mi
- Burney Falls: 14.2 mi
- Lion Slide Falls: 14.6 mi
- Hatchet Falls: 14.7 mi
- Pit River Falls: 14.8 mi
- Red Cliff: 7.8 mi
- Gray Cliff: 7.9 mi
- Hat Creek Rim: 11.0 mi
- The Rim: 12.5 mi
- Palisade Cliff: 14.4 mi
- Hat Creek Radio Observatory: 8.3 mi
- "Stand by Me" Bridge: 14.4 mi
- Seismograph: 19.0 mi
- Hot Rock: 20.1 mi
- Devastated Area: 21.8 mi
- Washburn Blue Park: 5.2 mi
- Burney Civic Park: 5.7 mi
- Hat Creek Park: 12.3 mi
- Fall River Lions Community Park: 16.7 mi
- Lockhart Ferry: 16.6 mi
- Site of the First School in Fall River Valley: 23.7 mi
- Afterthought Mine: 23.8 mi
- Old Boundary Spring: 21.1 mi
- Onion Springs: 21.7 mi
- Cascade Springs: 24.5 mi
- Hat Creek Campground Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- Old Station Day Use Area: 13.4 mi
- Hillcrest Rest Area: 14.6 mi
- Shingletown Rest Area: 23.4 mi
- Turquoise Pool: 25.0 mi
- Big Boiler: 25.0 mi
- Fort Crook Museum: 16.6 mi
- Metal Horse: 23.6 mi
- Lassen Volcanic National Park: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Burney Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magee Peak | S 178° | 2,563 m | 8.1 mi |
| Crater Peak | S 177° | 2,552 m | 7.5 mi |
| Fredonyer Peak | S 170° | 2,412 m | 8.5 mi |
| Freaner Peak | SSE 147° | 2,250 m | 5.6 mi |
| Logan Mountain | SSE 150° | 2,209 m | 9.9 mi |
| Hall Butte | SSE 155° | 2,177 m | 8.5 mi |
| Huckleberry Mountain | S 187° | 2,139 m | 11.7 mi |
| Snow Mountain | WSW 251° | 2,076 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:59 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 41 | 46 | 55 | 61 | 69 | 66 | 60 | 49 | 39 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burney, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358797103
Day trips start here
- Shasta County · 22 mi
- Lassen Volcanic National Park · 24 mi
- Shingletown · 25 mi
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