Island Mountain
Island Mountain rises to 1,170 m in California. Big Butte stands 1,804 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Moose Peak, a peak 3.7 miles away.
The story
Island Mountain is a resistant formation of volcanic and metavolcanic rock in the Franciscan Assemblage of southwestern Trinity County, California. It was mined for sulfur metal deposits during the first half of the 20th century and was the final obstacle in the construction of a railroad line to Eureka, California in 1914. The name is applied to the range, the peak, a populated place and an abandoned railroad station, tunnel and bridge all but the first located within the S-bend of the Eel River which gave the peak its name.
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Wikidata Q6083295, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,170 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Moose Peak: 3.7 mi
- Island Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Camel Rock: 4.5 mi
- Horse Ranch Peak: 4.8 mi
- Pilot Peak: 5.3 mi
- Reynolds Wayside Campground: 15.4 mi
- Richardson Grove State Park: 16.4 mi
- Hidden Oaks Park: 17.3 mi
- Tooby Memorial Park: 18.3 mi
- Southern Humboldt Community Park: 18.4 mi
- White Slide: 4.4 mi
- Split Rock: 6.5 mi
- White Rock: 11.0 mi
- Zenia Bluffs: 16.0 mi
- Windy Point: 18.5 mi
- Drive-Thru Tree Park: 13.9 mi
- Chandelier Tree: 14.1 mi
- Confusion Hill Redwood Shoehouse: 14.7 mi
- Confusion Hill Mountain Train Ride: 14.8 mi
- Confusion Hill Gravity House: 14.8 mi
- The Twin Towers: 14.8 mi
- Totem Poll: 15.2 mi
- Elder Creek Natural History Landmark: 18.2 mi
- California Historical Landmark #674 Round Valley: 20.6 mi
- Indian Dick Forest Service Station: 22.5 mi
- PVC pipe spring: 20.2 mi
- Waterspout Spring: 21.1 mi
- Water Spout Spring: 21.1 mi
- Joe Burke Falls: 23.0 mi
- Alder Spring: 23.3 mi
- North Fork Wilderness: 13.6 mi
- Richardson Grove State Park: 16.1 mi
- John B. Dewitt Redwoods State Natural Reserve: 20.7 mi
- Drive-Thru Tree Park Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Mendocino Redwood Company Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
- World's Tallest Free Standing Redwood Chainsaw Carving: 14.7 mi
- Bill Cipher: 14.8 mi
- Empire Camp Rest Area: 10.9 mi
- Mill Creek Falls: 14.6 mi
- Labrynth: 15.2 mi
- Usal Beach: 21.1 mi
- Cape Vizcaino Arch: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Island Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Butte | ENE 74° | 1,804 m | 18.2 mi |
| Round Mountain | ENE 72° | 1,514 m | 17.0 mi |
| Iron Peak | S 177° | 1,373 m | 10.7 mi |
| Shell Rock | S 180° | 1,350 m | 8.2 mi |
| Little Round Mountain | N 11° | 1,255 m | 16.9 mi |
| Kettenpom Peak | N 5° | 1,248 m | 12.6 mi |
| Buck Mountain | ESE 102° | 1,247 m | 14.1 mi |
| Red Mountain | WSW 249° | 1,246 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:06 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:10 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 46 | 50 | 53 | 59 | 64 | 70 | 70 | 67 | 57 | 48 | 44 |
| Precip in | 12.7 | 11.3 | 9.7 | 5.1 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 6.7 | 14.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richardson GR SP, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358768125
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