Dry Creek Peak
Dry Creek Peak rises to 2,298 m in California. Mount Shasta stands 4,322 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Rainbow Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49025889, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,298 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Rainbow Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Fons Butte: 3.7 mi
- Trout Creek Butte: 3.9 mi
- Ash Creek Butte: 4.1 mi
- Watakma Butte: 4.6 mi
- Peaceful Warrior: 14.4 mi
- Those Left Behind: 14.5 mi
- Greatest Generation: 14.5 mi
- POW - MIA: 14.5 mi
- Coming Home: 14.6 mi
- Ash Creek Falls: 9.4 mi
- Mud Creek Falls: 11.2 mi
- Coquette Falls: 12.5 mi
- Whitney Falls: 13.8 mi
- Middle Falls: 15.3 mi
- Deer Mountain Snowmobile Park: 11.1 mi
- Hoo Hoo Park: 16.4 mi
- Shastice Park: 19.5 mi
- Mount Shasta City Park: 20.5 mi
- Hoy Park: 20.6 mi
- Upper Falls Day Use Area: 15.6 mi
- Lakin Dam: 16.1 mi
- Lower Falls Day Use Area: 16.1 mi
- Bigalow Bridge Day Use Area: 16.3 mi
- Cougar Park Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Hot LZ Memorial Wall: 14.4 mi
- Living Memorial Sculpture Garden: 14.4 mi
- Everett Memorial: 17.0 mi
- Old fire lookout foundation: 20.5 mi
- Monroe Memorial: 20.7 mi
- Panther Springs: 13.7 mi
- Deer Springs: 20.1 mi
- Big Springs: 20.5 mi
- Dad Lofton Spring: 22.1 mi
- Heritage Junction Museum: 16.8 mi
- Sisson Museum: 21.3 mi
- Weed Museum: 21.4 mi
- Siskiyou Arts Museum: 23.3 mi
- Sulphur Springs: 12.1 mi
- Red Banks: 12.6 mi
- Grass Lake Rest Area: 16.0 mi
- Freudian System Cave: 16.2 mi
- Sisson Meadow: 20.2 mi
- Lake Siskiyou Beach: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Dry Creek Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Shasta | WSW 252° | 4,322 m | 12.1 mi |
| Misery Hill | WSW 251° | 4,206 m | 12.3 mi |
| Thumb Rock | WSW 249° | 3,939 m | 12.4 mi |
| Shastina | WSW 254° | 3,758 m | 13.5 mi |
| Shastarama Point | WSW 245° | 3,394 m | 12.6 mi |
| Casaval Ridge | WSW 248° | 3,188 m | 13.7 mi |
| Green Butte | WSW 242° | 2,802 m | 13.7 mi |
| The Whaleback | WNW 298° | 2,601 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:04 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:57 | 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, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358797621
Day trips start here
- McCloud · 17 mi
- Mount Shasta · 20 mi
- Weed · 21 mi
- Dunsmuir · 23 mi
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