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Little Round Mountain

Little Round Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Little Round Mountain rises to 919 m in California. Snow Mountain stands 2,076 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Potem Falls, a waterfall 1.9 miles away.

The story

Mountain in Shasta County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5566969.

Wikidata Q49045464, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
919 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.83154, -121.99305

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 15
  • Burney Civic Park: 17.1 mi
  • Washburn Blue Park: 17.4 mi
  • Clair Engle Park: 22.0 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 22.2 mi
  • Shasta Park: 22.8 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Potem Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Montgomery Creek Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Three Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Hatchet Creek Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Hatchet Falls: 5.9 mi
Historic sites: 6
  • Afterthought Mine: 7.9 mi
  • Ladies cabin: 20.0 mi
  • Smithy: 20.1 mi
  • Dam Builders Monument: 22.1 mi
  • Veteran's Monument: 22.2 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • McCloud Bridge Day Use: 15.1 mi
  • Bailey Cove Day Use: 17.1 mi
  • Salt Creek Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
  • Behive Beach: 21.6 mi
  • Fishermans Point: 23.4 mi
Cliffs: 5
Artworks: 3
  • Metal Horse: 9.9 mi
  • The Best Grindstone in the World: 21.4 mi
  • Totem Pole: 24.2 mi
Attractions: 3
Springs: 2
Museums: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Memorial Garden: 22.2 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Little Round Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow MountainESE2,076 m11.3 mi
Clover MountainESE2,066 m12.3 mi
Dan Hunt MountainESE1,892 m13.8 mi
Dan Covey ButteESE1,871 m14.3 mi
Chalk MountainNE1,786 m14.8 mi
Stacher ButteSE1,759 m13.0 mi
Bunchgrass MountainNE1,664 m10.9 mi
Hatchet MountainENE1,662 m9.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4419:20
June solstice05:3720:0220:44
September equinox06:5618:3119:07
December solstice07:3016:0016:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343641465561696660493933
Precip in4.55.24.02.81.80.60.30.30.41.32.54.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burney, 18 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 262707 — Little Round Mountain, Shasta County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358798587

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