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High Hole Crater

High Hole Crater, seen from above at true elevation

High Hole Crater rises to 1,838 m in California. Lyons Peak stands 2,398 m to the north-northeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Yellowjacket Butte, a peak 1.1 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
1838 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.50916, -121.53128

Named places within 25 miles

Natural arches: 14
  • Heppe Bridge: 13.1 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 13.4 mi
  • Ovis Bridge: 13.4 mi
  • Brushy Bridge: 13.8 mi
  • Venetian Bridge: 13.8 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Freudian System Cave: 7.2 mi
  • Hidden Valley: 12.7 mi
  • Garden Bridges: 13.8 mi
  • Fleener Chimneys: 17.3 mi
  • Black Crater: 17.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Gillem Bluff: 19.3 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 19.9 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 20.6 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 21.2 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 22.1 mi
Parks: 1
  • Long Bell State Game Refuge 1N: 9.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Doorknob Snowmobile park: 11.3 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Springs: 1
  • Deer Spring: 22.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of High Hole Crater. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakNNE 14°2,398 m5.0 mi
Mount HoffmanN 350°2,397 m7.1 mi
Red Shale ButteN 5°2,381 m4.9 mi
Glass MountainNNE 12°2,316 m6.5 mi
Medicine MountainNW 312°2,295 m5.6 mi
Badger PeakNW 321°2,236 m8.0 mi
Little Mount HoffmanNW 306°2,197 m8.2 mi
Red Cap MountainWNW 283°2,147 m11.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:19
June solstice05:3320:0220:44
September equinox06:5418:2819:05
December solstice07:3015:5516:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333540445260696862513932
Precip in1.62.11.91.31.41.00.40.30.40.81.51.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lava Beds NAT MON, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358798127

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