Horse Mountain
Horse Mountain rises to 1,550 m in California. Indian Butte stands 2,037 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Horse Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Modoc County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49037296, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,550 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Horse Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Squatty Butte: 4.1 mi
- Coyote Butte: 5.1 mi
- Prisoners Rock: 5.7 mi
- Casuse Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Forbidden Arch: 13.8 mi
- Captain Jacks Bridge: 14.2 mi
- Peninsula Bridge: 15.1 mi
- Boulevard Bridge: 16.3 mi
- Balcony Bridge: 16.4 mi
- Petroglyph Point: 5.8 mi
- Hospital Rock: 9.8 mi
- Captain Jack's Stronghold: 11.5 mi
- Canby Cross: 13.6 mi
- Gillems Camp: 14.1 mi
- Canby's Cross: 3.5 mi
- Captain Jack's Stronghold: 3.5 mi
- 1873 Two Warm Springs Indians: 3.6 mi
- Tule Lake: 3.9 mi
- Dave Menke Environmental Education Center dedication: 14.1 mi
- Tulelake-Butte Valley Fairgrounds: 10.0 mi
- Malin Community Park: 10.2 mi
- Otis Roper Park: 10.3 mi
- Good Duck Park: 17.8 mi
- Gillem Bluff: 14.2 mi
- Goodlow Rim: 19.9 mi
- Horse Camp Rim: 20.0 mi
- Horton Rim: 24.3 mi
- Big Al Spring: 12.8 mi
- Lava Beds National Monument: 13.0 mi
- Doorknob Snowmobile park: 20.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Horse Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Butte | SSW 211° | 2,037 m | 20.7 mi |
| Stukel Mountain | NW 310° | 1,989 m | 22.4 mi |
| Mount Dome | WSW 254° | 1,971 m | 20.8 mi |
| Bryant Mountain | N 7° | 1,969 m | 9.8 mi |
| Cinder Butte | SW 227° | 1,813 m | 21.2 mi |
| Cougar Butte | SSW 208° | 1,762 m | 18.8 mi |
| Double Head Mountain | SE 143° | 1,686 m | 11.3 mi |
| Island Butte | SW 228° | 1,685 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:02 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:53 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 35 | 40 | 44 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 48 | 37 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tulelake, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358798183
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