Three Sisters
Three Sisters rises to 1,383 m in California. Lyons Peak stands 2,398 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Captain Jacks Bridge, a natural arch 1.1 miles away.
The story
Mountain range in Siskiyou County, California, USA.
Wikidata Q7797805, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,383 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Caldwell Minor: 2.7 mi
- Crescent Butte: 2.8 mi
- Schonchin Butte: 2.9 mi
- Hardin Butte: 3.1 mi
- Caldwell Butte: 3.2 mi
- Captain Jacks Bridge: 1.1 mi
- Peninsula Bridge: 1.6 mi
- Chocolate Bridge: 3.2 mi
- Hopkins Bridge: 3.2 mi
- Venetian Bridge: 3.2 mi
- Garden Bridges: 3.2 mi
- Thomas-Wright Battlefield: 3.9 mi
- Black Crater: 4.4 mi
- Fleener Chimneys: 5.0 mi
- Hidden Valley: 5.1 mi
- Canby's Cross: 10.9 mi
- Captain Jack's Stronghold: 10.9 mi
- 1873 Two Warm Springs Indians: 10.9 mi
- Tule Lake: 11.0 mi
- Dave Menke Environmental Education Center dedication: 14.8 mi
- Tulelake-Butte Valley Fairgrounds: 14.2 mi
- Otis Roper Park: 14.7 mi
- Malin Community Park: 19.0 mi
- Good Duck Park: 20.4 mi
- Gillem Bluff: 5.7 mi
- Padgetts Bluff: 20.7 mi
- Deer Spring: 23.4 mi
- Big Al Spring: 24.0 mi
- Lava Beds National Monument: 2.3 mi
- Doorknob Snowmobile park: 6.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Three Sisters. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons Peak | S 189° | 2,398 m | 11.5 mi |
| Mount Hoffman | SSW 205° | 2,397 m | 10.1 mi |
| Red Shale Butte | SSW 193° | 2,381 m | 11.6 mi |
| Glass Mountain | S 189° | 2,316 m | 10.0 mi |
| Medicine Mountain | SSW 210° | 2,295 m | 14.4 mi |
| Badger Peak | SW 219° | 2,236 m | 12.9 mi |
| Little Mount Hoffman | SW 220° | 2,197 m | 14.9 mi |
| Grouse Hill | SW 222° | 2,142 m | 12.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:03 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:54 | 16:39 |
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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 236317 — Three Sisters, Siskiyou County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/59949973
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