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Typhoon Mesa

Typhoon Mesa, seen from above at true elevation

Typhoon Mesa rises to 1,940 m in California. Ash Creek Butte stands 2,554 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Asperin Butte, a peak 2.7 miles away.

About

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49086483, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1940 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.53599, -121.81778
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Natural arches: 13
  • Heppe Bridge: 18.1 mi
  • Bearpaw Bridge: 19.2 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 19.3 mi
  • Ovis Bridge: 19.3 mi
  • Brushy Bridge: 19.7 mi
Artworks: 10
  • Peaceful Warrior: 21.3 mi
  • Those Left Behind: 21.4 mi
  • Greatest Generation: 21.4 mi
  • POW - MIA: 21.4 mi
  • Coming Home: 21.4 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Freudian System Cave: 9.2 mi
  • Hidden Valley: 17.8 mi
  • Garden Bridges: 19.7 mi
  • Fleener Chimneys: 20.0 mi
  • Black Crater: 20.9 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Padgetts Bluff: 21.2 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 21.7 mi
  • Red Banks: 21.9 mi
  • Red Banks: 21.9 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 22.2 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Ash Creek Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Mud Creek Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Coquette Falls: 21.4 mi
  • Whitney Falls: 22.4 mi
  • Middle Falls: 22.5 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Doorknob Snowmobile park: 16.1 mi
  • Upper Falls Day Use Area: 22.8 mi
  • Lakin Dam: 23.2 mi
  • Bigalow Bridge Day Use Area: 23.3 mi
  • Lower Falls Day Use Area: 23.5 mi
Parks: 2
Historic sites: 2
  • Living Memorial Sculpture Garden: 21.4 mi
  • Hot LZ Memorial Wall: 21.4 mi
Springs: 2
  • Panther Springs: 23.2 mi
  • Deer Springs: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
Hot springs: 1
Nature reserves: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Typhoon Mesa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ash Creek ButteWSW 243°2,554 m13.4 mi
Haight MountainW 267°2,434 m7.6 mi
West Haight MountainW 272°2,430 m9.6 mi
Rainbow MountainWSW 239°2,301 m8.4 mi
Dry Creek PeakWSW 238°2,298 m9.5 mi
Medicine MountainE 80°2,295 m10.8 mi
Badger PeakENE 66°2,236 m10.7 mi
Little Mount HoffmanENE 70°2,197 m8.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:20
June solstice05:3420:0320:45
September equinox06:5518:3019:06
December solstice07:3115:5616:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333540445260696862513932
Precip in1.62.11.91.31.41.00.40.30.40.81.51.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lava Beds NAT MON, 20 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 252222 — Typhoon Mesa, Siskiyou County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358795135

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