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Mount Linn

Mount Linn, a peak in California
Mount Linn, a peak in CaliforniaAnonymousEditor95 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Mount Linn rises to 2,464 m in California. South Yolla Bolly stands 2,420 m to the west-northwest, 0.5 miles off.

The story

Mount Linn, at 8,098 feet (2,468 m), is the easternmost summit of South Yolla Bolly Mountain, and is located in the Yolla Bolly Mountains of the Northern Coast Ranges and sibling Klamath Mountains System, in Tehama County, northwestern California. Mt. Linn is the highest peak in the northern California Coast Ranges south of the Trinity Alps and, along with the highest peaks of the Trinity Alps, the tallest coastal range peak within the coterminous forty-eight states. Mt. Linn is the third most prominent peak in the northern Pacific Coast Ranges behind Mt. Eddy and Caesar Peaks in the Trinity Alps and Mt. Olympus of Washington's Olympic Mountains. Mt. Linn is protected within the Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness, in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest section.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q6921851, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2464 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.03647, -122.85416

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • South Yolla Bolly: 0.5 mi
  • Twin Peaks: 1.5 mi
  • Harvey Peak: 2.6 mi
  • Oven Lid: 3.0 mi
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 5.3 mi
Springs: 60
Cliffs: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • Indian Dick Forest Service Station: 11.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Mount Linn. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Yolla BollyWNW 286°2,420 m0.5 mi
North Yolla Bolly MountainsNNW 330°2,381 m12.7 mi
Black Rock MountainNW 325°2,367 m14.2 mi
Solomon PeakW 259°2,306 m5.5 mi
Hammerhorn MountainWSW 245°2,299 m5.6 mi
Twin PeaksS 177°2,247 m1.5 mi
Sugarloaf MountainW 277°2,246 m5.3 mi
Harvey PeakW 279°2,221 m2.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4819:24
June solstice05:4320:0420:45
September equinox07:0018:3419:10
December solstice07:3116:0716:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434549535966737166574741
Precip in7.86.85.22.81.60.80.00.20.22.04.38.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Covelo, 26 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/358769430

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