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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 15.4 miles of Little Round Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow MountainESE 115°2,076 m11.3 mi
Clover MountainESE 120°2,066 m12.3 mi
Dan Hunt MountainESE 118°1,892 m13.8 mi
Dan Covey ButteESE 119°1,871 m14.3 mi
Green MountainESE 106°1,843 m12.7 mi
Chalk MountainNE 41°1,786 m14.8 mi
Stacher ButteSE 127°1,759 m13.0 mi
Bunchgrass MountainNE 53°1,664 m10.9 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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