Prospect Peak
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Prospect Peak rises to 2,538 m in California. Lassen Peak stands 3,187 m to the southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Cinder Cone, a peak 2.2 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,538 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cinder Cone: 2.2 mi
- West Prospect Peak: 2.3 mi
- Cluster Lakes Peak: 3.4 mi
- Fairfield Peak: 3.7 mi
- Sunrise Peak: 3.8 mi
- Panther Spring: 3.6 mi
- Old Boundary Spring: 7.9 mi
- Cascade Springs: 7.9 mi
- Cold Boiling Spring: 10.9 mi
- Supans Springs: 13.1 mi
- Crystal Cliffs: 8.0 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 11.4 mi
- Warner Valley Rim: 12.5 mi
- Butte Creek Rim: 12.5 mi
- Red Cliff: 16.0 mi
- Devastated Area: 7.4 mi
- Hot Rock: 8.1 mi
- Devils Kitchen: 10.2 mi
- Bumpass Hell: 11.4 mi
- Seismograph: 11.7 mi
- Drakesbad Hot Springs: 9.5 mi
- Terminal Geyser: 10.6 mi
- Turquoise Pool: 11.4 mi
- Pyrite Pool: 11.4 mi
- Big Boiler: 11.4 mi
- Hat Creek Campground Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Old Station Day Use Area: 8.6 mi
- Kings Creek Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- Elam Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
- Swain Mountain Experimental Forest: 15.7 mi
- Chester Park: 19.1 mi
- Dig It Meadow: 19.9 mi
- Clear Creek Park: 24.6 mi
- Kings Creek Falls: 9.3 mi
- Mill Creek Falls: 12.7 mi
- Bluff Falls: 14.8 mi
- Mount Harkness Lookout: 10.1 mi
- Fort Maxwell: 13.0 mi
- Bogard Rest Area: 11.8 mi
- Lake Almanor Rest Area: 21.0 mi
- Lassen Volcanic National Park: 6.3 mi
- Chester-Lake Almanor Museum: 19.2 mi
- Catfish Beach: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Prospect Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lassen Peak | SW 235° | 3,187 m | 10.2 mi |
| Eagle Peak | SW 234° | 2,811 m | 11.2 mi |
| Mount Diller | SW 234° | 2,750 m | 12.9 mi |
| Ski Heil Peak | SW 233° | 2,721 m | 11.6 mi |
| Mount Helen | SW 229° | 2,694 m | 10.9 mi |
| Pilot Pinnacle | SW 234° | 2,672 m | 12.2 mi |
| Bumpass Mountain | SW 226° | 2,664 m | 11.1 mi |
| Reading Peak | SW 221° | 2,647 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:59 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:59 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 32 | 35 | 39 | 48 | 55 | 63 | 62 | 57 | 46 | 37 | 31 |
| Precip in | 6.5 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 6.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manzanita Lake, 12 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Lassen Volcanic National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Dec and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358799247
Day trips start here
- Lassen Volcanic National Park · 6 mi
- Shingletown · 28 mi
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