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Red Mountain

Red Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Red Mountain rises to 554 m in California. Geyser Peak stands 1,053 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Sky High, a peak 0.9 miles away.

The story

mountain in Sonoma County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5386605

Wikidata Q49067668, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
554 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.79741, -123.11723

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Vintage Meadows: 5.0 mi
  • Cloverdale City Park: 5.0 mi
  • Furber Park: 5.3 mi
  • Cloverdale Citrus Fairgrounds: 5.4 mi
  • Cloverdale Plaza: 5.4 mi
Beaches: 28
  • Black Point Beach: 18.6 mi
  • Fisk Mill Cove: 18.7 mi
  • Pebble Beach: 18.7 mi
  • Stump Beach: 19.0 mi
  • Ohlson Beach: 19.2 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Gardens: 10
  • Pumpkin Patch: 15.2 mi
  • The Tropical: 15.4 mi
  • Community Garden: 15.4 mi
  • Rainbow Garden: 15.4 mi
  • Upper Orchard: 15.4 mi
Historic sites: 9
Springs: 8
  • Johnny Brown Springs: 5.0 mi
  • Skaggs Springs: 8.8 mi
  • Gravelly Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Sulpher Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Poison Smith Spring: 18.5 mi
Museums: 8
Cliffs: 6
Attractions: 3
  • J. Rickards Winery: 9.9 mi
  • Real Goods Solar Living Center: 11.8 mi
  • Korbel Winery Tour: 21.6 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Skyline Trailer: 12.8 mi
  • Peace Totem: 20.2 mi
  • Ukiah Valley - Past, Present & Future: 24.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • White Cap Arch: 19.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Red Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Geyser PeakE 99°1,053 m14.8 mi
Monument PeakNE 48°1,001 m11.7 mi
Sanel MountainNNW 333°994 m11.7 mi
Red RockNE 47°981 m11.2 mi
Snow MountainNNW 335°950 m10.6 mi
Ward MountainNNW 339°910 m9.4 mi
Pine MountainENE 65°897 m9.7 mi
Grizzly PeakNW 324°894 m14.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5019:25
June solstice05:4820:0220:42
September equinox07:0118:3619:11
December solstice07:2816:1316:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495255596672757472655548
Precip in8.18.15.72.51.50.30.00.00.11.84.78.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cloverdale, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358773337

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