Ulcer Point
Ulcer Point rises to 2,003 m in California. Mount Shasta stands 4,322 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is West Haight Mountain, a peak 2.1 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49086523, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,003 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- West Haight Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Haight Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Dry Creek Peak: 5.1 mi
- Ash Creek Butte: 5.1 mi
- Rainbow Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Peaceful Warrior: 10.3 mi
- Those Left Behind: 10.3 mi
- Greatest Generation: 10.4 mi
- POW - MIA: 10.4 mi
- Coming Home: 10.4 mi
- Ash Creek Falls: 9.6 mi
- Coquette Falls: 10.7 mi
- Whitney Falls: 11.4 mi
- Mud Creek Falls: 11.8 mi
- Middle Falls: 19.2 mi
- Deer Mountain Snowmobile Park: 6.2 mi
- Hoy Park: 16.9 mi
- Hoo Hoo Park: 18.9 mi
- Charles Byrd Park: 19.1 mi
- Shastice Park: 19.5 mi
- Cougar Park Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Upper Falls Day Use Area: 19.5 mi
- Lower Falls Day Use Area: 19.8 mi
- Lakin Dam: 20.0 mi
- Bigalow Bridge Day Use Area: 20.3 mi
- Hot LZ Memorial Wall: 10.3 mi
- Living Memorial Sculpture Garden: 10.3 mi
- Everett Memorial: 17.2 mi
- Old fire lookout foundation: 19.5 mi
- Monroe Memorial: 20.3 mi
- Heritage Junction Museum: 19.2 mi
- Weed Museum: 19.3 mi
- Sisson Museum: 21.2 mi
- Siskiyou Arts Museum: 24.7 mi
- Panther Springs: 14.0 mi
- Big Springs: 20.2 mi
- Deer Springs: 24.8 mi
- Grass Lake Rest Area: 10.9 mi
- Weed Airport Rest Area: 22.0 mi
- Red Banks: 12.0 mi
- Padgetts Bluff: 24.0 mi
- Sisson Meadow: 20.1 mi
- Butte Valley Wildlife Area: 23.5 mi
- Sulphur Springs: 11.4 mi
- Freudian System Cave: 19.5 mi
- Lake Siskiyou Beach: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Ulcer Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Shasta | SW 227° | 4,322 m | 11.4 mi |
| Misery Hill | SW 227° | 4,206 m | 11.6 mi |
| Thumb Rock | SW 225° | 3,939 m | 12.0 mi |
| Shastina | SW 232° | 3,758 m | 12.5 mi |
| Shastarama Point | SW 222° | 3,394 m | 12.5 mi |
| Casaval Ridge | SW 226° | 3,188 m | 13.3 mi |
| Green Butte | SW 221° | 2,802 m | 13.7 mi |
| The Whaleback | W 275° | 2,601 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:04 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:57 | 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 | 41 | 46 | 55 | 62 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 52 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 8.0 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 5.6 | 10.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mccloud, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 276444 — Ulcer Point, Siskiyou County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358802736
Day trips start here
- McCloud · 19 mi
- Weed · 19 mi
- Mount Shasta · 20 mi
- Dunsmuir · 25 mi
- Siskiyou County · 28 mi
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