Lyons Peak
Lyons Peak rises to 2,398 m in California. Mount Hoffman stands 2,397 m to the northwest, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Shale Butte, a peak 0.8 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49047270, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,398 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Shale Butte: 0.8 mi
- Glass Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Mount Hoffman: 3.3 mi
- Black Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Shotgun Peak: 4.0 mi
- Heppe Bridge: 8.5 mi
- Natural Bridge: 8.6 mi
- Ovis Bridge: 8.6 mi
- Brushy Bridge: 8.9 mi
- Venetian Bridge: 9.0 mi
- Hidden Valley: 8.0 mi
- Garden Bridges: 9.0 mi
- Freudian System Cave: 10.8 mi
- Fleener Chimneys: 12.8 mi
- Black Crater: 13.1 mi
- Canby's Cross: 22.0 mi
- Captain Jack's Stronghold: 22.0 mi
- 1873 Two Warm Springs Indians: 22.0 mi
- Tule Lake: 22.2 mi
- Doorknob Snowmobile park: 7.0 mi
- Lava Beds National Monument: 13.4 mi
- Gillem Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Deer Spring: 21.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Lyons Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hoffman | NW 312° | 2,397 m | 3.3 mi |
| Red Shale Butte | W 273° | 2,381 m | 0.8 mi |
| Glass Mountain | N 5° | 2,316 m | 1.6 mi |
| Medicine Mountain | W 259° | 2,295 m | 5.5 mi |
| Badger Peak | WNW 282° | 2,236 m | 6.4 mi |
| Little Mount Hoffman | W 270° | 2,197 m | 7.9 mi |
| Red Cap Mountain | W 259° | 2,147 m | 12.6 mi |
| Grouse Hill | WNW 290° | 2,142 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:02 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:55 | 16:40 |
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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 263090 — Lyons Peak, Siskiyou County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358798687
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