Dead Horse Summit
Dead Horse Summit rises to 1,379 m in California. Buck Mountain stands 1,977 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Mushroom Rock, a peak 4.8 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49023815, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,379 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mushroom Rock: 4.8 mi
- North Red Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Bear Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Red Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Stillwater Butte: 7.6 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 12.6 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 12.7 mi
- Upper Falls: 12.7 mi
- Middle Falls: 12.7 mi
- Lower Falls: 13.5 mi
- Hoo Hoo Park: 19.1 mi
- Hat Creek Park: 19.1 mi
- Fall River Lions Community Park: 21.9 mi
- Burney Civic Park: 22.8 mi
- Washburn Blue Park: 23.2 mi
- Bigalow Bridge Day Use Area: 12.2 mi
- Lakin Dam: 12.6 mi
- Upper Falls Day Use Area: 12.7 mi
- Lower Falls Day Use Area: 13.6 mi
- Smithy: 18.2 mi
- Ladies cabin: 18.2 mi
- Lockhart Ferry: 21.9 mi
- Site of the First School in Fall River Valley: 24.3 mi
- Deer Springs: 6.0 mi
- Dad Lofton Spring: 11.7 mi
- Panther Springs: 24.7 mi
- "Stand by Me" Bridge: 15.2 mi
- Freudian System Cave: 19.5 mi
- Heritage Junction Museum: 19.5 mi
- Fort Crook Museum: 21.8 mi
- Hillcrest Rest Area: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Dead Horse Summit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Mountain | NNW 345° | 1,977 m | 12.2 mi |
| Black Fox Mountain | NNW 328° | 1,976 m | 11.7 mi |
| Mushroom Rock | WSW 245° | 1,897 m | 4.8 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | WSW 250° | 1,892 m | 11.6 mi |
| Little Black Fox Mountain | NNW 333° | 1,869 m | 11.1 mi |
| Chalk Mountain | S 188° | 1,786 m | 14.6 mi |
| Bear Mountain | NNE 21° | 1,766 m | 7.3 mi |
| Pigeon Hill | WSW 253° | 1,750 m | 10.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:02 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:58 | 16:42 |
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 | 41 | 46 | 55 | 62 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 52 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 8.0 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 5.6 | 10.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mccloud, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 259118 — Dead Horse Summit, Siskiyou County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358797503
Day trips start here
- McCloud · 20 mi
- Dunsmuir · 26 mi
- Mount Shasta · 29 mi
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