The Whaleback
The Whaleback rises to 2,601 m in California. Mount Shasta stands 4,322 m to the south-southwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Deer Mountain Snowmobile Park, a park 2.8 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49083086, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,601 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Deer Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Ulcer Point: 5.6 mi
- Sheep Rock: 5.6 mi
- Yellow Butte: 6.5 mi
- West Haight Mountain: 7.2 mi
- Peaceful Warrior: 4.7 mi
- Those Left Behind: 4.8 mi
- Greatest Generation: 4.8 mi
- POW - MIA: 4.9 mi
- Coming Home: 4.9 mi
- Coquette Falls: 6.8 mi
- Whitney Falls: 6.9 mi
- Ash Creek Falls: 8.5 mi
- Mud Creek Falls: 10.5 mi
- Lower Falls: 20.7 mi
- Deer Mountain Snowmobile Park: 2.8 mi
- Hoy Park: 11.3 mi
- Charles Byrd Park: 14.2 mi
- Bel Air Park: 15.0 mi
- Shastice Park: 16.5 mi
- Cougar Park Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
- Martins Dairy Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Cantara Loop River Access: 20.1 mi
- Ney Springs River Access: 20.1 mi
- Lower Falls Day Use Area: 21.1 mi
- Hot LZ Memorial Wall: 4.8 mi
- Living Memorial Sculpture Garden: 4.8 mi
- Everett Memorial: 14.6 mi
- Old fire lookout foundation: 15.5 mi
- Monroe Memorial: 16.9 mi
- Weed Museum: 14.4 mi
- Sisson Museum: 18.0 mi
- Heritage Junction Museum: 18.9 mi
- Siskiyou Arts Museum: 23.0 mi
- Railroad Museum: 24.3 mi
- Panther Springs: 12.1 mi
- Big Springs: 16.8 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 24.4 mi
- Shasta View Spring: 24.6 mi
- Sisson Meadow: 17.1 mi
- Shasta Valley Wildlife Area: 21.4 mi
- Butte Valley Wildlife Area: 23.0 mi
- Grass Lake Rest Area: 8.0 mi
- Weed Airport Rest Area: 16.7 mi
- Sulphur Springs: 8.7 mi
- Red Banks: 9.4 mi
- Lake Siskiyou Beach: 20.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of The Whaleback. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Shasta | SSW 199° | 4,322 m | 8.7 mi |
| Misery Hill | SSW 199° | 4,206 m | 9.0 mi |
| Thumb Rock | SSW 198° | 3,939 m | 9.5 mi |
| Shastina | SSW 208° | 3,758 m | 9.3 mi |
| Shastarama Point | SSW 196° | 3,394 m | 10.3 mi |
| Casaval Ridge | SSW 203° | 3,188 m | 10.5 mi |
| Green Butte | SSW 197° | 2,802 m | 11.4 mi |
| Ash Creek Butte | SE 140° | 2,554 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:44 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:05 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:58 | 16:42 |
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 | 36 | 38 | 42 | 47 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 41 | 35 |
| Precip in | 7.1 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 7.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Shasta, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358796278
Day trips start here
- Weed · 15 mi
- Mount Shasta · 17 mi
- McCloud · 19 mi
- Siskiyou County · 22 mi
- Dunsmuir · 23 mi
- Yreka · 29 mi
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