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Little Cottonwood Peak

Little Cottonwood Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Little Cottonwood Peak rises to 1,592 m in California. Mount Ashland stands 2,296 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Cottonwood Peak, a peak 2.1 miles away.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49044809, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1592 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.85774, -122.64643

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 36
  • Ringe Park: 8.3 mi
  • Newton Park: 8.3 mi
  • Discovery Park: 8.4 mi
  • Gold Street Community Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Yreka Park: 8.7 mi
Historic sites: 10
Springs: 6
  • Sheep Camp Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Dutchman Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Yellowjacket Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Reeves' Ranch Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Bed Spring: 20.4 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Clay St Community Garden: 22.6 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 23.4 mi
  • Rose Garden: 23.5 mi
  • Ashland Creek Community Garden: 24.1 mi
  • Helman Community Garden: 24.5 mi
Attractions: 5
Artworks: 4
  • Welcoming Dragon: 7.5 mi
  • Welcome Sign / Sculpture: 8.8 mi
  • Jack Daniel: 9.6 mi
  • Captain Morgan: 9.6 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Museums: 3
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Little Cottonwood Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AshlandNNW 347°2,295.8 m15.8 mi
Observation PeakNW 312°2,237 m16.6 mi
McDonald PeakNNW 341°2,202.5 m16.5 mi
Siskiyou PeakNNW 337°2,178.4 m15.3 mi
Big Red MountainNW 323°2,149 m16.8 mi
Split RockNNW 341°2,109 m17.2 mi
Dry Lake MountainWNW 283°2,063 m15.5 mi
Donomore PeakNW 306°2,017 m17.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4619:23
June solstice05:3620:0820:50
September equinox06:5918:3319:09
December solstice07:3615:5816:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374045505966747366544336
Precip in3.32.21.81.31.30.70.50.30.41.12.23.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yreka, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358799891

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