Jackass Mountain
Jackass Mountain rises to 802 m in California. Red Mountain stands 2,049 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Behive Beach, a picnic site 2.8 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Shasta County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49039373, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 802 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Elmore Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Bohemotash Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Mammoth Butte: 4.6 mi
- Schell Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Haycock Peak: 5.0 mi
- Margaret Polf Park: 9.9 mi
- Shasta Park: 10.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 11.0 mi
- Clair Engle Park: 11.1 mi
- French Gulch County Park: 12.7 mi
- The Best Grindstone in the World: 11.4 mi
- Human Sundial: 16.5 mi
- Dandelions: 16.8 mi
- Howell's Dive Shop Mural: 16.8 mi
- Mount Shasta: 16.9 mi
- Behive Beach: 2.8 mi
- Salt Creek Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
- Bailey Cove Day Use: 7.3 mi
- Fishermans Point: 8.0 mi
- Pollard Flat Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Dam Builders Monument: 10.9 mi
- Twin Tower Memorial: 11.0 mi
- Veteran's Monument: 11.0 mi
- Pioneer Baby's Grave: 15.6 mi
- Kennedy Memorial Plaque: 16.3 mi
- Wintu Cultural Center: 11.2 mi
- Courthouse Museum: 15.9 mi
- General Merchandise: 16.0 mi
- Turtle Bay Museum: 16.8 mi
- Mill Building: 16.9 mi
- Memorial Garden: 11.0 mi
- Matson, Mowder, Howe Celebration Garden: 16.4 mi
- Medicinal Garden: 16.5 mi
- Australian Garden: 16.5 mi
- Chilean Garden: 16.6 mi
- Crystal Creek Falls: 16.9 mi
- Whiskeytown Falls: 18.0 mi
- Potem Falls: 22.1 mi
- Lewisia Falls: 24.8 mi
- Root Creek Falls: 24.8 mi
- Whiskeytown: 14.5 mi
- Shasta State Historic Park: 16.0 mi
- Shasta: 16.3 mi
- Deadwood: 16.6 mi
- Minersville: 17.4 mi
- Lake Shasta Caverns: 7.8 mi
- Shasta Lake Ranger Station: 10.5 mi
- McConnell Botanical Gardens: 16.5 mi
- Sundial Bridge: 16.7 mi
- Oak Savannah Arboretum: 16.5 mi
- Turtle Bay Bird Sanctuary: 16.9 mi
- Lema Ranch: 17.2 mi
- Clover Creek Preserve: 20.2 mi
- Lakehead Rest Area: 6.8 mi
- O'Brien Rest Area: 7.3 mi
- National Recreation Area, Picnic Area - Tanbark: 21.2 mi
- Indian Springs: 24.3 mi
- Fern Spring: 24.4 mi
- Popcorn Spring: 24.4 mi
- Oak Bottom Beach: 14.4 mi
- Brandy Creek Beach: 15.8 mi
- Cosmic Wall: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Jackass Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Mountain | NNW 343° | 2,049 m | 16.7 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | N 356° | 1,871 m | 16.1 mi |
| State Mountain | NNW 340° | 1,675 m | 12.9 mi |
| High Mountain | NE 39° | 1,639 m | 14.6 mi |
| Wildcat Peak | NNW 336° | 1,621 m | 16.6 mi |
| Damnation Peak | NNW 336° | 1,603 m | 10.0 mi |
| Schell Mountain | WNW 295° | 1,580 m | 4.6 mi |
| Blue Mountain | WNW 302° | 1,573 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:04 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:02 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 54 | 59 | 67 | 76 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 66 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 10.5 | 11.4 | 9.2 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 6.6 | 12.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shasta DAM, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358799875
Day trips start here
- Lakehead · 7 mi
- Shasta Lake · 11 mi
- French Gulch · 13 mi
- Whiskeytown National Recreation Area · 15 mi
- Shasta · 16 mi
- Redding · 18 mi
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