Little Horse Peak
Little Horse Peak rises to 1,818 m in California. The Whaleback stands 2,601 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Stephens Butte, a peak 1.6 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49045033, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,818 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Stephens Butte: 1.6 mi
- Horse Peak: 3.6 mi
- Typhoon Mesa: 3.6 mi
- Haight Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Asperin Butte: 4.5 mi
- Heppe Bridge: 21.0 mi
- Bearpaw Bridge: 21.9 mi
- Natural Bridge: 22.2 mi
- Ovis Bridge: 22.3 mi
- Dragons Mouth: 22.5 mi
- Peaceful Warrior: 17.7 mi
- Those Left Behind: 17.8 mi
- Greatest Generation: 17.8 mi
- POW - MIA: 17.8 mi
- Coming Home: 17.8 mi
- Ash Creek Falls: 15.9 mi
- Mud Creek Falls: 17.8 mi
- Coquette Falls: 18.1 mi
- Whitney Falls: 19.0 mi
- Middle Falls: 21.2 mi
- Freudian System Cave: 12.5 mi
- Hidden Valley: 20.7 mi
- Fleener Chimneys: 22.5 mi
- Garden Bridges: 22.6 mi
- Black Crater: 23.4 mi
- Doorknob Snowmobile park: 19.1 mi
- Upper Falls Day Use Area: 21.5 mi
- Lakin Dam: 22.0 mi
- Bigalow Bridge Day Use Area: 22.1 mi
- Lower Falls Day Use Area: 22.1 mi
- Deer Mountain Snowmobile Park: 13.0 mi
- Hoo Hoo Park: 23.0 mi
- Hoy Park: 24.5 mi
- Living Memorial Sculpture Garden: 17.8 mi
- Hot LZ Memorial Wall: 17.8 mi
- Everett Memorial: 23.5 mi
- Red Banks: 18.8 mi
- Padgetts Bluff: 21.1 mi
- Gillem Bluff: 24.0 mi
- Panther Springs: 20.2 mi
- Deer Springs: 24.6 mi
- Grass Lake Rest Area: 16.3 mi
- Sulphur Springs: 18.3 mi
- Heritage Junction Museum: 23.5 mi
- Butte Valley Wildlife Area: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Little Horse Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Whaleback | W 268° | 2,601 m | 13.1 mi |
| Ash Creek Butte | SW 234° | 2,554 m | 10.4 mi |
| Haight Mountain | W 263° | 2,434 m | 4.0 mi |
| West Haight Mountain | W 273° | 2,430 m | 6.0 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | SW 219° | 2,301 m | 5.6 mi |
| Dry Creek Peak | SW 221° | 2,298 m | 6.8 mi |
| Medicine Mountain | E 82° | 2,295 m | 14.3 mi |
| Badger Peak | ENE 72° | 2,236 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:43 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:04 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:57 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 40 | 44 | 52 | 60 | 69 | 68 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lava Beds NAT MON, 23 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 227276 — Little Horse Peak, Siskiyou County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358769485
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