Reading Peak
Reading Peak rises to 2,647 m in California. Lassen Peak stands 3,187 m to the west-northwest, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Kings Creek Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.9 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,647 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Bumpass Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Mount Helen: 2.0 mi
- Lassen Peak: 2.5 mi
- Crescent Crater: 2.9 mi
- Eagle Peak: 2.9 mi
- Cold Boiling Spring: 1.4 mi
- Cascade Springs: 1.6 mi
- Old Boundary Spring: 3.7 mi
- Supans Springs: 4.0 mi
- Tophet Springs: 4.0 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 3.6 mi
- Crystal Cliffs: 8.9 mi
- Warner Valley Rim: 9.4 mi
- Mud Creek Rim: 14.8 mi
- Red Cliff: 17.2 mi
- Bumpass Hell: 2.1 mi
- Devils Kitchen: 2.5 mi
- Devastated Area: 3.2 mi
- Sulphur Works: 4.0 mi
- Hot Rock: 4.6 mi
- Kings Creek Falls: 1.4 mi
- Mill Creek Falls: 3.2 mi
- Bluff Falls: 5.3 mi
- Deadhorse Falls: 17.5 mi
- Deer Creek Falls: 18.7 mi
- Turquoise Pool: 2.1 mi
- Pyrite Pool: 2.1 mi
- Big Boiler: 2.1 mi
- Drakesbad Hot Springs: 3.7 mi
- Terminal Geyser: 5.7 mi
- Chester Park: 16.5 mi
- Dig It Meadow: 17.1 mi
- Swain Mountain Experimental Forest: 18.9 mi
- Meadow Park: 22.2 mi
- Clear Creek Park: 24.9 mi
- Kings Creek Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
- Hat Creek Campground Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Old Station Day Use Area: 14.1 mi
- Elam Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
- Shingletown Rest Area: 19.5 mi
- Lake Almanor Rest Area: 19.7 mi
- Bogard Rest Area: 20.4 mi
- Lassen Volcanic National Park: 3.3 mi
- Deer Creek Preserve: 21.9 mi
- Mount Harkness Lookout: 9.0 mi
- Fort Maxwell: 10.3 mi
- Catfish Beach: 18.7 mi
- Westwood Beach: 24.8 mi
- Chester-Lake Almanor Museum: 16.7 mi
- Totem Pole: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Reading Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lassen Peak | WNW 300° | 3,187 m | 2.5 mi |
| Brokeoff Mountain | WSW 251° | 2,814 m | 5.3 mi |
| Eagle Peak | W 280° | 2,811 m | 2.9 mi |
| Mount Diller | W 264° | 2,750 m | 4.2 mi |
| Ski Heil Peak | W 274° | 2,721 m | 3.1 mi |
| Mount Helen | W 270° | 2,694 m | 2.0 mi |
| Pilot Pinnacle | W 268° | 2,672 m | 3.6 mi |
| Bumpass Mountain | WSW 251° | 2,664 m | 1.9 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 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:00 | 16:43 |
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, 8 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 255021 — Reading Peak, Shasta County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358796213
Day trips start here
- Lassen Volcanic National Park · 3 mi
- Shingletown · 21 mi
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