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Cinder Cone

Cinder Cone, seen from above at true elevation

Cinder Cone rises to 1,890 m in California. Lyons Peak stands 2,398 m to the east-northeast, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49020691, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1890 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.52849, -121.64777

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Natural arches: 14
  • Heppe Bridge: 12.9 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 13.8 mi
  • Ovis Bridge: 13.8 mi
  • Brushy Bridge: 14.2 mi
  • Venetian Bridge: 14.2 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Freudian System Cave: 3.9 mi
  • Hidden Valley: 12.5 mi
  • Garden Bridges: 14.2 mi
  • Fleener Chimneys: 16.4 mi
  • Black Crater: 17.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Gillem Bluff: 18.4 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 19.0 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 19.7 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 20.2 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Doorknob Snowmobile park: 10.8 mi
Parks: 1
  • Long Bell State Game Refuge 1N: 15.4 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Cinder Cone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakENE 64°2,398 m8.1 mi
Mount HoffmanNE 40°2,397 m7.5 mi
Red Shale ButteENE 61°2,381 m7.3 mi
Glass MountainNE 56°2,316 m9.0 mi
Medicine MountainNE 37°2,295 m3.1 mi
Badger PeakN 11°2,236 m4.9 mi
Little Mount HoffmanN 350°2,197 m3.5 mi
Garner MountainWNW 298°2,195 m9.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4219:19
June solstice05:3420:0320:45
September equinox06:5518:2919:05
December solstice07:3115:5616:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333540445260696862513932
Precip in1.62.11.91.31.41.00.40.30.40.81.51.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lava Beds NAT MON, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358797305

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