Potato Mountain
Potato Mountain rises to 2,031 m in California. Thompson Peak stands 2,726 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Dees Peak, a peak 1.8 miles away. 100 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Trinity County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49063796, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,031 m
How to reach it
100 named places within 25 miles
- Dees Peak: 1.8 mi
- Mary Blaine Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Horse Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Youngs Peak: 3.8 mi
- Pony Buttes: 4.5 mi
- Grizzly Lake Falls: 14.4 mi
- Upper Canyon Creek Falls: 17.6 mi
- Middle Canyon Creek Falls: 17.9 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 18.9 mi
- Gray Falls: 21.2 mi
- H E Beck Junior Memorial Branch: 17.9 mi
- Tish Tang Campground & River Access: 19.7 mi
- Veterans Park: 21.3 mi
- Tonkin Park: 21.9 mi
- Commons Park in Willow Creek, CA: 22.0 mi
- High Spring: 7.6 mi
- Marble Springs: 9.4 mi
- China Spring: 11.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 20.8 mi
- Bigfoot Statue: 21.9 mi
- Gonzalez Bigfoot Statue: 22.0 mi
- Museum Bigfoot Statue: 22.0 mi
- Gold Panner: 22.0 mi
- Limestone Bluffs: 4.8 mi
- Dougherty Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Grant Bluffs: 16.2 mi
- Negro Flat: 8.3 mi
- Dedrick: 22.1 mi
- Canon City: 23.4 mi
- Grays Fall Day Use Area: 21.3 mi
- Fish Lake Campground Day Use Area: 23.0 mi
- Cedar Flat Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- Kimtu Beach on Trinity River: 21.0 mi
- Hlel-Din River Access/South Fork & Trinity confluence: 23.1 mi
- Hoopa Valley Museum: 21.3 mi
- Ironsides Museum: 21.4 mi
- Russell Cabin: 14.6 mi
- Russian Wilderness: 21.2 mi
- Francis B. Mathews Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Willow Creek Community Garden: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Potato Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson Peak | SE 124° | 2,726 m | 14.9 mi |
| Caesar Peak | ESE 122° | 2,714 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mount Hilton | SE 133° | 2,694 m | 16.6 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | SE 125° | 2,662 m | 17.9 mi |
| Caribou Mountain | ESE 111° | 2,609 m | 18.1 mi |
| Wedding Cake | SE 126° | 2,605 m | 15.2 mi |
| Russian Peak | ENE 57° | 2,459 m | 20.6 mi |
| Little Granite Peak | SE 131° | 2,443 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:49 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:08 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:04 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 46 | 51 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 72 | 67 | 54 | 43 | 37 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cecilville, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 267141 — Potato Mountain, Trinity County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358799939
Day trips start here
- Callahan · 28 mi
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