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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

Peaks
Parks: 57
  • 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
Artworks: 25
  • 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
Picnic sites: 10
  • 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
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
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 18.2 miles of Fish Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shasta BallyWSW 249°1,882 m18.0 mi
Little BallyWSW 242°1,640 m18.2 mi
Schell MountainNW 317°1,580 m15.1 mi
South Fork MountainWSW 239°1,521 m17.1 mi
Wild Cow MountainNW 309°1,485 m15.2 mi
Salt Creek MountainNNE 33°1,399 m15.1 mi
Bohemotash MountainNW 310°1,346 m9.6 mi
Dog Creek MountainNW 325°1,344 m17.1 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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