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Fish Mountain

Fish Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Fish Mountain rises to 434 m in California. Shasta Bally stands 1,882 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Shasta Lake Ranger Station, a attraction 0.6 miles away.

The story

Mountain in California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49029033, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
434 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.69459, -122.33417

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 55
  • Clair Engle Park: 1.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
  • Shasta Park: 2.8 mi
  • Margaret Polf Park: 3.4 mi
  • Northridge Park: 5.2 mi
Peaks
Artworks: 24
  • The Best Grindstone in the World: 1.3 mi
  • Human Sundial: 7.5 mi
  • Dandelions: 7.9 mi
  • Balloons: 8.0 mi
  • Howell's Dive Shop Mural: 8.0 mi
Historic sites: 11
Museums: 9
Waterfalls: 8
  • Clover Creek Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Crystal Creek Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Whiskeytown Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Potem Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Three Falls: 20.2 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Fishermans Point: 4.4 mi
  • Bailey Cove Day Use: 7.3 mi
  • Salt Creek Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
  • Behive Beach: 11.2 mi
  • (Unnamed) Island Picnic Site: 13.7 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Memorial Garden: 2.0 mi
  • South African Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Australian Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Medicinal Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Chilean Garden: 7.4 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Attractions: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 2
Cliffs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Fish Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shasta BallyWSW1,882 m18.0 mi
Little BallyWSW1,640 m18.2 mi
Schell MountainNW1,580 m15.1 mi
Wild Cow MountainNW1,485 m15.2 mi
Bohemotash MountainNW1,346 m9.6 mi
Dog Creek MountainNW1,344 m17.1 mi
Salt Creek MountainNNE1,319 m15.0 mi
Town MountainNE1,317 m11.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:22
June solstice05:3920:0320:45
September equinox06:5818:3219:08
December solstice07:3116:0216:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054596776838277665447
Precip in10.511.49.24.62.91.50.10.20.53.46.612.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shasta DAM, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 260157 — Fish Mountain, Shasta County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358797799

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