Cinder Cone
Cinder Cone rises to 1,656 m in California. Mount Shasta stands 4,322 m to the southeast, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Whitney Falls, a waterfall 2.8 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Siskiyou County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49020689, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,656 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Haystack: 3.9 mi
- Yellow Butte: 5.0 mi
- Shastina: 5.8 mi
- Mount Shasta: 6.8 mi
- Misery Hill: 6.8 mi
- Whitney Falls: 2.8 mi
- Coquette Falls: 4.4 mi
- Ash Creek Falls: 9.3 mi
- Mud Creek Falls: 9.8 mi
- Faery Falls: 15.1 mi
- Hoy Park: 5.4 mi
- Charles Byrd Park: 5.8 mi
- Bel Air Park: 6.7 mi
- Deer Mountain Snowmobile Park: 10.1 mi
- Mount Shasta City Park: 10.5 mi
- Peaceful Warrior: 5.5 mi
- Greatest Generation: 5.5 mi
- Those Left Behind: 5.5 mi
- The Flute Player: 5.6 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Cougar Park Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
- Ney Springs River Access: 14.5 mi
- Cantara Loop River Access: 14.6 mi
- Lower Falls Day Use Area: 21.5 mi
- Upper Falls Day Use Area: 22.0 mi
- Panther Springs: 9.4 mi
- Big Springs: 10.5 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 16.4 mi
- Shasta View Spring: 16.7 mi
- White Ridge Spring: 19.6 mi
- Hot LZ Memorial Wall: 5.4 mi
- Living Memorial Sculpture Garden: 5.4 mi
- Old fire lookout foundation: 8.3 mi
- Everett Memorial: 10.0 mi
- Monroe Memorial: 10.5 mi
- Weed Museum: 6.1 mi
- Sisson Museum: 11.8 mi
- Heritage Junction Museum: 17.3 mi
- Siskiyou Arts Museum: 18.5 mi
- Railroad Museum: 21.2 mi
- Red Banks: 7.1 mi
- Castle Crags: 20.4 mi
- Cosmic Wall: 21.0 mi
- Weed Airport Rest Area: 8.6 mi
- Grass Lake Rest Area: 13.0 mi
- Sisson Meadow: 11.2 mi
- Shasta Valley Wildlife Area: 18.6 mi
- Sulphur Springs: 6.7 mi
- Lake Siskiyou Beach: 14.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Cinder Cone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Shasta | SE 134° | 4,322 m | 6.8 mi |
| Misery Hill | SE 137° | 4,206 m | 6.8 mi |
| Thumb Rock | SE 139° | 3,939 m | 7.2 mi |
| Shastina | SE 144° | 3,758 m | 5.8 mi |
| Shastarama Point | SE 142° | 3,394 m | 8.1 mi |
| Casaval Ridge | SSE 150° | 3,188 m | 7.2 mi |
| Green Butte | SSE 150° | 2,802 m | 8.5 mi |
| Mount Eddy | SW 222° | 2,751 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:05 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:59 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 38 | 42 | 47 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 41 | 35 |
| Precip in | 7.1 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 7.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Shasta, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 258370 — Cinder Cone, Siskiyou County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358797303
Day trips start here
- Weed · 6 mi
- Mount Shasta · 11 mi
- Siskiyou County · 16 mi
- McCloud · 17 mi
- Dunsmuir · 19 mi
- Yreka · 25 mi
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