Double Head Mountain
Double Head Mountain rises to 1,686 m in California. Lyons Peak stands 2,398 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Harvey Jones Butte, a peak 4.6 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49025589, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,686 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Harvey Jones Butte: 4.6 mi
- Tucker Butte: 5.3 mi
- Bump Heads: 6.7 mi
- Coyote Butte: 6.9 mi
- Lone Pine Butte: 6.9 mi
- Captain Jacks Bridge: 16.8 mi
- Peninsula Bridge: 17.3 mi
- Chocolate Bridge: 18.2 mi
- Hopkins Bridge: 18.3 mi
- Venetian Bridge: 18.3 mi
- Petroglyph Point: 12.9 mi
- Hospital Rock: 16.4 mi
- Captain Jack's Stronghold: 17.8 mi
- Garden Bridges: 18.3 mi
- Thomas-Wright Battlefield: 19.2 mi
- Canby's Cross: 12.9 mi
- Captain Jack's Stronghold: 12.9 mi
- 1873 Two Warm Springs Indians: 13.1 mi
- Tule Lake: 13.6 mi
- Dave Menke Environmental Education Center dedication: 24.0 mi
- Tulelake-Butte Valley Fairgrounds: 20.6 mi
- Otis Roper Park: 21.0 mi
- Malin Community Park: 21.5 mi
- Gillem Bluff: 20.6 mi
- Porcupine Rim: 23.9 mi
- Horse Camp Rim: 24.4 mi
- Deer Spring: 15.1 mi
- Big Al Spring: 23.4 mi
- Lava Beds National Monument: 16.8 mi
- Doorknob Snowmobile park: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Double Head Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons Peak | SW 234° | 2,398 m | 21.7 mi |
| Glass Mountain | WSW 238° | 2,316 m | 20.7 mi |
| Indian Butte | WSW 244° | 2,037 m | 19.6 mi |
| Bryant Mountain | NNW 343° | 1,969 m | 19.6 mi |
| Cougar Butte | WSW 244° | 1,762 m | 17.4 mi |
| East Point | ENE 74° | 1,752 m | 16.9 mi |
| Blue Mountain | ENE 75° | 1,746 m | 16.5 mi |
| Hippo Butte | W 260° | 1,671 m | 19.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:01 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:53 | 16:38 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 40 | 44 | 52 | 60 | 69 | 68 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lava Beds NAT MON, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 259508 — Double Head Mountain, Modoc County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358797597
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