Milk Peak
Milk Peak rises to 2,623 m in California. Eagle Peak stands 3,016 m to the south, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Warren Peak, a peak 2.8 miles away. Barrel Springs Back Country Byway passes 15 miles off. 84 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.
The story
Summit in Modoc County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49077315, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,623 m
How to reach it
- 15.0 mi off the Barrel Springs Back Country Byway
84 named places within 25 miles
- Leonard's Hot Spring: 14.1 mi
- Glenn's Hot Spring: 14.4 mi
- Farmer Spring: 14.5 mi
- Koenig Spring: 14.5 mi
- Applegate Hot Springs: 14.8 mi
- Warren Peak: 2.8 mi
- Dusenbury Peak: 5.4 mi
- Payne Peak: 9.0 mi
- Eagle Peak: 9.4 mi
- Cole Peak: 10.2 mi
- Chimney Rock Historical Monument: 15.3 mi
- Alturas Park: 17.2 mi
- Rotary Youth Park: 17.9 mi
- Warner Street Park: 18.2 mi
- Infernal Caverns Battleground Memorial Monument: 21.1 mi
- Surprise Valley Wildlife Area: 4.8 mi
- Pine Creek Wildlife Area: 8.8 mi
- Silver Creek Wildlife Area: 18.5 mi
- Fortynine Camp: 19.8 mi
- Vya: 22.1 mi
- Mill Creek Falls: 10.3 mi
- Modoc Natural Bridge: 11.0 mi
- Modoc County Museum: 17.2 mi
- Farfalla Province: 18.6 mi
- Vya: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Milk Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Peak | S 174° | 3,016 m | 9.4 mi |
| Warren Peak | S 181° | 2,950 m | 2.8 mi |
| Dusenbury Peak | SSE 163° | 2,768 m | 5.4 mi |
| Emerson Peak | SSE 167° | 2,724 m | 12.8 mi |
| Cole Peak | SSE 165° | 2,723 m | 10.2 mi |
| Hat Mountain | SSE 165° | 2,665 m | 19.4 mi |
| Buck Mountain | S 175° | 2,625 m | 19.4 mi |
| Red Rock Mountain | SSE 168° | 2,593 m | 20.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:57 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:51 | 16:35 |
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 | 36 | 41 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cedarville, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 235321 — Milk Peak, Modoc County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358776459
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