Medicine Mountain
Medicine Mountain rises to 2,295 m in California. Lyons Peak stands 2,398 m to the east, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Hill, a peak 2.2 miles away.
The story
mountain in Siskiyou County, California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49049087, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2295 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Hill: 2.2 mi
- Badger Peak: 2.6 mi
- Little Mount Hoffman: 2.7 mi
- Cinder Cone: 3.1 mi
- Grouse Hill: 3.6 mi
- Heppe Bridge: 10.0 mi
- Natural Bridge: 10.7 mi
- Ovis Bridge: 10.8 mi
- Brushy Bridge: 11.2 mi
- Venetian Bridge: 11.2 mi
- Freudian System Cave: 6.8 mi
- Hidden Valley: 9.5 mi
- Garden Bridges: 11.2 mi
- Fleener Chimneys: 13.6 mi
- Black Crater: 14.2 mi
- Gillem Bluff: 15.6 mi
- Gillem Bluff: 16.3 mi
- Gillem Bluff: 17.0 mi
- Gillem Bluff: 17.5 mi
- Gillem Bluff: 18.5 mi
- Doorknob Snowmobile park: 7.8 mi
- Long Bell State Game Refuge 1N: 14.8 mi
- Lava Beds National Monument: 15.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Medicine Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons Peak | E 79° | 2,398 m | 5.5 mi |
| Mount Hoffman | NE 42° | 2,397 m | 4.4 mi |
| Red Shale Butte | ENE 76° | 2,381 m | 4.7 mi |
| Glass Mountain | ENE 65° | 2,316 m | 6.1 mi |
| Badger Peak | NNW 340° | 2,236 m | 2.6 mi |
| Little Mount Hoffman | WNW 293° | 2,197 m | 2.7 mi |
| Garner Mountain | W 281° | 2,195 m | 10.4 mi |
| Red Cap Mountain | W 260° | 2,147 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:42 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:03 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:56 | 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358798780
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