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Mount Eddy

Mount Eddy, a peak in California
Mount Eddy, a peak in CaliforniaYury Yatsynovich · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Eddy, a peak in California
Little Mountain 5 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Eddy, a peak in California
Little Mountain 5 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Eddy, a peak in California
File:Mount Eddy from I-5.jpg : Little Mountain 5 derivative work: Tinh1000000 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Eddy, a peak in California
File:Mount Eddy from I-5.jpg : Little Mountain 5 derivative work: Tinh1000000 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Eddy, a peak in California
NileGuide · CC BY 2.0

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Mount Eddy rises to 2,751 m in California. Mount Shasta stands 4,322 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Eddy Lookout Tower Ruins, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

About

The story

Mount Eddy is the highest peak of the Trinity Mountains, a mountain range of the Klamath Mountains System, located in Siskiyou County, and Trinity County in northern California. The mountain is in the Mount Eddy RNA, a Research Natural Area on the Shasta–Trinity National Forest, a unit of the United States Forest Service. The mountain is composed of mesozoic ultramafic rock, predominantly serpentinized peridotite.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q4529821, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2751 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.31978, -122.47932
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Artworks: 21
  • Siskiyou Art Musuem: 13.1 mi
  • Peaceful Warrior: 20.1 mi
  • Greatest Generation: 20.1 mi
  • Those Left Behind: 20.2 mi
  • The Flute Player: 20.2 mi
Waterfalls: 13
Historic sites: 12
  • Mount Eddy Lookout Tower Ruins: 0.0 mi
  • Old fire lookout foundation: 7.5 mi
  • Monroe Memorial: 7.8 mi
  • Everett Memorial: 11.8 mi
  • Battle Rock: 14.4 mi
Parks: 11
Springs: 9
  • Red Rock Spring: 1.7 mi
  • Shasta View Spring: 2.0 mi
  • White Ridge Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Picayune Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Big Springs: 7.9 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Museums: 5
Cliffs: 4
  • Castle Crags: 11.7 mi
  • Cosmic Wall: 12.6 mi
  • Red Banks: 15.5 mi
  • Red Banks: 15.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Siskiyou Beach: 7.7 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Sisson Meadow: 8.8 mi
Attractions: 1
  • 1727 Class M6: 12.4 mi
Hot springs: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Mount Eddy. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ShastaENE 67°4,321.8 m16.0 mi
Misery HillENE 68°4,206.2 m15.8 mi
Thumb RockENE 70°3,938.9 m15.6 mi
ShastinaENE 65°3,758.2 m14.6 mi
ShastinaENE 65°3,758.2 m14.6 mi
Shastarama PointENE 73°3,393.9 m15.5 mi
Casaval RidgeENE 71°3,187.9 m14.3 mi
Green ButteENE 76°2,802 m14.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:22
June solstice05:3820:0620:47
September equinox06:5818:3219:09
December solstice07:3316:0016:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 259794 — Mount Eddy, Siskiyou County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358797684

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