Red Cap Mountain
Red Cap Mountain rises to 2,147 m in California. Haight Mountain stands 2,434 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Tamarack Peak, a peak 1.2 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49067158, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,147 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Tamarack Peak: 1.2 mi
- Buck Hill: 1.9 mi
- Pumice Stone Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Fawn Hill: 2.2 mi
- Hopper Hill: 2.6 mi
- Heppe Bridge: 14.9 mi
- Natural Bridge: 16.0 mi
- Ovis Bridge: 16.1 mi
- Bearpaw Bridge: 16.2 mi
- Brushy Bridge: 16.5 mi
- Freudian System Cave: 6.6 mi
- Hidden Valley: 14.6 mi
- Garden Bridges: 16.5 mi
- Fleener Chimneys: 17.4 mi
- Black Crater: 18.2 mi
- Ash Creek Falls: 22.5 mi
- Mud Creek Falls: 24.2 mi
- Middle Falls: 24.9 mi
- Gillem Bluff: 19.2 mi
- Padgetts Bluff: 21.2 mi
- Doorknob Snowmobile park: 12.9 mi
- Deer Mountain Snowmobile Park: 20.2 mi
- Lava Beds National Monument: 20.5 mi
- Grass Lake Rest Area: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Red Cap Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haight Mountain | W 265° | 2,434 m | 11.3 mi |
| West Haight Mountain | W 269° | 2,430 m | 13.3 mi |
| Lyons Peak | E 79° | 2,398 m | 12.6 mi |
| Mount Hoffman | ENE 65° | 2,397 m | 10.9 mi |
| Red Shale Butte | ENE 78° | 2,381 m | 11.8 mi |
| Glass Mountain | ENE 73° | 2,316 m | 13.1 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | WSW 246° | 2,301 m | 11.9 mi |
| Dry Creek Peak | WSW 244° | 2,298 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:03 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:56 | 16:41 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 40 | 44 | 52 | 60 | 69 | 68 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lava Beds NAT MON, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358807162
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- McCloud · 29 mi
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