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Green Mountain

Green Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Green Mountain rises to 1,944 m in California. Thompson Peak stands 2,726 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Brushy Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away.

The story

Mountain in Trinity County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5564455.

Wikidata Q49033515, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,944 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.90347, -123.27615

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 10
  • Veterans Park: 18.1 mi
  • Tonkin Park: 18.6 mi
  • Commons Park in Willow Creek, CA: 18.7 mi
  • Boise Creek Campgrouns USFS: 20.1 mi
  • Brush Mountain Lookout: 20.5 mi
Springs: 6
  • Marble Springs: 7.0 mi
  • China Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Hayfork Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Cold Spring: 17.5 mi
  • High Spring: 20.2 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Waterfalls: 6
  • Gray Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Burnt Ranch Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Canyon Creek Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Middle Canyon Creek Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Upper Canyon Creek Falls: 13.8 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Bigfoot Statue: 18.6 mi
  • Gonzalez Bigfoot Statue: 18.7 mi
  • Museum Bigfoot Statue: 18.8 mi
  • Gold Panner: 18.8 mi
Historic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Museums: 3
  • Ironsides Museum: 13.0 mi
  • Jake Jackson Memorial Museum: 21.3 mi
  • Hoopa Valley Museum: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Hlel-Din River Access/South Fork & Trinity confluence: 17.1 mi
  • Kimtu Beach on Trinity River: 17.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Hayfork Reservoir: 24.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Green Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thompson PeakENE2,726 m13.7 mi
Caesar PeakENE2,714 m14.3 mi
Mount HiltonENE2,694 m12.2 mi
Sawtooth MountainENE2,662 m15.0 mi
Caribou MountainENE2,609 m18.7 mi
Wedding CakeENE2,605 m13.4 mi
Siligo PeakE2,482 m19.8 mi
Black MountainENE2,444 m20.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4919:25
June solstice05:4220:0820:49
September equinox07:0118:3619:12
December solstice07:3516:0516:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424550546167757468584741
Precip in6.45.44.62.61.70.70.20.20.42.24.27.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG BAR 4 E, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 260861 — Green Mountain, Trinity County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358798003

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