Skip to content

Lookout Point

Lookout Point, seen from above at true elevation

Lookout Point rises to 1,600 m in California. Ash Creek Butte stands 2,554 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Toad Mountain, a peak 2.0 miles away.

The story

mountain in Siskiyou County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49046766, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1600 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.41738, -121.80305

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Artworks: 10
  • Peaceful Warrior: 23.7 mi
  • Those Left Behind: 23.8 mi
  • Greatest Generation: 23.8 mi
  • POW - MIA: 23.9 mi
  • Coming Home: 23.9 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Picnic sites: 5
  • Upper Falls Day Use Area: 16.3 mi
  • Bigalow Bridge Day Use Area: 16.7 mi
  • Lakin Dam: 16.7 mi
  • Lower Falls Day Use Area: 17.2 mi
  • Doorknob Snowmobile park: 21.5 mi
Springs: 3
Parks: 3
Natural arches: 3
  • Heppe Bridge: 23.6 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 24.6 mi
  • Ovis Bridge: 24.7 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Hot LZ Memorial Wall: 23.8 mi
  • Living Memorial Sculpture Garden: 23.8 mi
  • Everett Memorial: 24.0 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Freudian System Cave: 8.3 mi
  • Hidden Valley: 23.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Red Banks: 20.6 mi
  • Red Banks: 20.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
Museums: 1
  • Heritage Junction Museum: 20.8 mi
Rest areas: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Lookout Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ash Creek ButteW 279°2,554 m12.9 mi
Haight MountainNW 313°2,434 m11.4 mi
West Haight MountainNW 309°2,430 m13.4 mi
Rainbow MountainWNW 296°2,301 m8.8 mi
Dry Creek PeakWNW 290°2,298 m9.4 mi
Medicine MountainNE 44°2,295 m14.1 mi
Badger PeakNE 36°2,236 m15.4 mi
Little Mount HoffmanNNE 34°2,197 m13.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:20
June solstice05:3520:0320:45
September equinox06:5518:3019:06
December solstice07:3115:5716:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363841465562706862524235
Precip in8.07.47.63.82.51.20.20.30.62.35.610.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mccloud, 21 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358806782

More peaks in California

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Lookout Point.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens