Mount Shasta
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Mount Shasta rises to 4,322 m in California. Misery Hill stands 4,206 m to the south-southwest, 0.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Sulphur Springs, a hot spring 0.1 miles away.
The story
Mount Shasta ( SHASS-tə; Shasta: Waka-nunee-Tuki-wuki; Karuk: Úytaahkoo) is a potentially active stratovolcano at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County, California. At an elevation of 14,179 ft (4,322 m), it is the second-highest peak in the Cascades and the fifth-highest in the state. Mount Shasta has an estimated volume of 85 cubic miles (350 cubic kilometers), which makes it the most voluminous stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc. The mountain and surrounding area are part of the Shasta–Trinity National Forest.
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Wikidata Q748355, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4321.8 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Misery Hill: 0.3 mi
- Thumb Rock: 0.8 mi
- Shastina: 1.5 mi
- Shastina: 1.5 mi
- Shastarama Point: 1.7 mi
- Coquette Falls: 2.8 mi
- Ash Creek Falls: 3.0 mi
- Mud Creek Falls: 3.0 mi
- Whitney Falls: 4.3 mi
- Mossbrae Falls: 12.1 mi
- Panther Springs: 3.5 mi
- Big Springs: 8.8 mi
- Shasta View Spring: 17.6 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 17.7 mi
- Fern Spring: 18.0 mi
- Peaceful Warrior: 9.4 mi
- Greatest Generation: 9.5 mi
- Those Left Behind: 9.5 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 9.6 mi
- POW - MIA: 9.7 mi
- Shastice Park: 8.1 mi
- Mount Shasta City Park: 8.8 mi
- Bel Air Park: 10.0 mi
- Charles Byrd Park: 10.1 mi
- Hoo Hoo Park: 11.0 mi
- Everett Memorial: 6.0 mi
- Old fire lookout foundation: 8.5 mi
- Monroe Memorial: 8.9 mi
- Hot LZ Memorial Wall: 9.4 mi
- Living Memorial Sculpture Garden: 9.5 mi
- Cougar Park Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Cantara Loop River Access: 11.5 mi
- Ney Springs River Access: 11.6 mi
- Lower Falls Day Use Area: 14.9 mi
- Upper Falls Day Use Area: 15.2 mi
- Red Banks: 0.7 mi
- Red Banks: 0.8 mi
- Castle Crags: 17.3 mi
- Cosmic Wall: 17.7 mi
- Weed Museum: 9.8 mi
- Sisson Museum: 9.8 mi
- Heritage Junction Museum: 11.1 mi
- Siskiyou Arts Museum: 14.3 mi
- Weed Airport Rest Area: 14.3 mi
- Weed Airport Rest Area: 14.3 mi
- Grass Lake Rest Area: 16.2 mi
- Sulphur Springs: 0.1 mi
- Sisson Meadow: 8.7 mi
- Lake Siskiyou Beach: 11.9 mi
- 1727 Class M6: 13.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Mount Shasta. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Misery Hill | SSW 210° | 4,206.2 m | 0.3 mi |
| Thumb Rock | S 190° | 3,938.9 m | 0.8 mi |
| Shastina | W 270° | 3,758.2 m | 1.5 mi |
| Shastina | W 270° | 3,758.2 m | 1.5 mi |
| Shastarama Point | S 178° | 3,393.9 m | 1.7 mi |
| Casaval Ridge | SW 220° | 3,187.9 m | 1.9 mi |
| Green Butte | SSW 193° | 2,802 m | 2.7 mi |
| Mount Eddy | WSW 247° | 2,751 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:05 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:59 | 16:43 |
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 | 36 | 38 | 42 | 47 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 41 | 35 |
| Precip in | 7.1 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 7.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Shasta, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 266054 — Mount Shasta, Siskiyou County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358799623
Day trips start here
- Mount Shasta · 9 mi
- Weed · 10 mi
- McCloud · 11 mi
- Dunsmuir · 14 mi
- Siskiyou County · 23 mi
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