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Horse Mountain

Horse Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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
1550 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.89349, -121.29888

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Natural arches: 14
  • 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
Attractions: 10
  • 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
Historic sites: 9
  • Canby's Cross: 3.5 mi
  • Captain Jack's Stronghold: 3.5 mi
  • Captain Jack's Stronghold: 3.6 mi
  • Canby's Cross: 3.6 mi
  • 1873 Two Warm Springs Indians: 3.6 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Gillem Bluff: 14.2 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 14.6 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 14.9 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 15.2 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 15.6 mi
Parks: 4
  • 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
Springs: 1
  • Big Al Spring: 12.8 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Indian ButteSSW 211°2,037 m20.7 mi
Stukel MountainNW 310°1,988.82 m22.4 mi
Mount DomeWSW 254°1,971 m20.8 mi
Bryant MountainN 7°1,969.313 m9.8 mi
Cinder ButteSW 227°1,813 m21.2 mi
Cougar ButteSSW 208°1,762 m18.8 mi
Double Head MountainSE 143°1,686 m11.3 mi
Island ButteSW 228°1,685 m20.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4119:18
June solstice05:3120:0220:45
September equinox06:5318:2719:04
December solstice07:3015:5316:38

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323540445360676558483731
Precip in1.31.11.21.01.10.80.20.20.40.71.11.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tulelake, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358798183

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