Kangaroo Mountain
Kangaroo Mountain rises to 2,040 m in California. Condrey Mountain stands 2,164 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Kangaroo Spring, a spring 0.5 miles away.
The story
Kangaroo Mountain is a low mountain in the Klamath Mountains, in Siskiyou County, far northwestern California. It is about 6 miles (9.7 km) south of California-Oregon border.
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Wikidata Q19462663, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,040 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Butte: 1.0 mi
- Desolation Peak: 1.2 mi
- Upper Devils Peak: 1.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Cook and Green Butte: 2.3 mi
- Kangaroo Spring: 0.5 mi
- Jackass Spring: 1.8 mi
- Quail Spring: 3.6 mi
- Alder Spring: 3.7 mi
- Fern Spring: 5.0 mi
- Bigfoot Trap: 9.9 mi
- Sanctuary One: 12.5 mi
- Oregon Caves National Monument: 16.3 mi
- Sugar pine river access: 17.1 mi
- Cantrall Buckley Swimming Hole: 21.9 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 3.6 mi
- Ponytail Falls: 3.7 mi
- Loretta Falls: 18.0 mi
- Maple Falls: 18.9 mi
- Wilderness Falls: 23.8 mi
- Copper: 7.8 mi
- Buncom: 20.3 mi
- Sterlingville: 24.8 mi
- Waldo: 25.0 mi
- Happy Camp River Park: 12.4 mi
- Cantrall Buckley County Park: 22.0 mi
- Tunnel Ridge Recreation Site: 22.2 mi
- Little Applegate Recreation Site: 22.8 mi
- Cabin: 4.0 mi
- Scotts Bar Monument: 15.7 mi
- Sailor's Diggings - Waldo Memorial: 24.7 mi
- Madronita: 24.4 mi
- Tree of life: 24.4 mi
- Dragonfly: 24.5 mi
- Limestone Bluffs: 10.5 mi
- Ferry Point: 20.7 mi
- The People's Center: 12.8 mi
- Oregon Caves Visitor Center: 16.3 mi
- Seattle Bar Day Use Area: 6.7 mi
- Jones Beach: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Kangaroo Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condrey Mountain | E 84° | 2,164 m | 11.4 mi |
| Scraggy Mountain | ENE 75° | 2,117 m | 10.5 mi |
| Lake Mountain | SSE 164° | 2,096 m | 12.4 mi |
| Dry Lake Mountain | E 94° | 2,063 m | 13.3 mi |
| Red Butte | NE 50° | 2,054 m | 1.0 mi |
| Arnold Mountain | NW 321° | 2,026 m | 8.3 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | WNW 300° | 1,966 m | 8.5 mi |
| Whisky Peak | NNW 335° | 1,950 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:48 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:10 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:00 | 16:45 |
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 | 40 | 43 | 47 | 51 | 59 | 65 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ruch, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358798378
Day trips start here
- Oregon Caves National Monument · 16 mi
- Klamath River · 20 mi
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