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Misery Hill

Misery Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Misery Hill rises to 4,206 m in California. Mount Shasta stands 4,322 m to the north-northeast, 0.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Sulphur Springs, a hot spring 0.3 miles away.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49050630, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
4206.2 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.40546, -122.19776

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 13
  • Mud Creek Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Coquette Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Ash Creek Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Whitney Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Mossbrae Falls: 11.8 mi
Springs: 11
  • Panther Springs: 3.2 mi
  • Big Springs: 8.6 mi
  • Shasta View Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Red Rock Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Fern Spring: 17.7 mi
Artworks: 11
  • Peaceful Warrior: 9.7 mi
  • Greatest Generation: 9.8 mi
  • Those Left Behind: 9.8 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 9.9 mi
  • POW - MIA: 9.9 mi
Parks: 10
Historic sites: 9
  • Everett Memorial: 5.7 mi
  • Old fire lookout foundation: 8.2 mi
  • Monroe Memorial: 8.7 mi
  • Hot LZ Memorial Wall: 9.6 mi
  • Living Memorial Sculpture Garden: 9.7 mi
Picnic sites: 8
Cliffs: 4
  • Red Banks: 0.4 mi
  • Red Banks: 0.5 mi
  • Castle Crags: 17.0 mi
  • Cosmic Wall: 17.4 mi
Museums: 4
Hot springs: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Sisson Meadow: 8.5 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Siskiyou Beach: 11.6 mi
Attractions: 1
  • 1727 Class M6: 13.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Misery Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ShastaNNE 30°4,321.8 m0.3 mi
Thumb RockS 178°3,938.9 m0.5 mi
ShastinaW 281°3,758.2 m1.3 mi
ShastinaW 281°3,758.2 m1.3 mi
Shastarama PointS 172°3,393.9 m1.4 mi
Casaval RidgeSW 222°3,187.9 m1.6 mi
Green ButteS 191°2,802 m2.4 mi
Mount EddyWSW 248°2,751 m15.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:21
June solstice05:3620:0520:47
September equinox06:5718:3119:08
December solstice07:3215:5916:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363842475461686761514135
Precip in7.17.46.23.22.21.20.20.20.52.24.37.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Shasta, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/1431595517

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