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Wedding Cake

Wedding Cake, seen from above at true elevation

Wedding Cake rises to 2,605 m in California. Thompson Peak stands 2,726 m to the north, 0.6 miles off.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49087959, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2605 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.99236, -123.04809

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 6
  • Grizzly Lake Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Upper Canyon Creek Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Middle Canyon Creek Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Canyon Creek Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Kickapoo Waterfall: 15.1 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Springs: 5
  • China Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Cold Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Marble Springs: 8.9 mi
  • Hayfork Spring: 19.7 mi
  • High Spring: 22.8 mi
Historic sites: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Parks: 3
  • Lowden Park: 19.0 mi
  • Lee Fong Park Disc Golf Course: 19.2 mi
  • Lewiston Community Park: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 2
Museums: 2
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Wedding Cake. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thompson PeakN 359°2,726 m0.6 mi
Caesar PeakNE 35°2,714 m1.0 mi
Mount HiltonS 187°2,694 m2.5 mi
Sawtooth MountainESE 120°2,662 m2.7 mi
Caribou MountainENE 61°2,609 m5.3 mi
Gibson PeakESE 110°2,560.3 m9.7 mi
Siligo PeakESE 113°2,482 m8.3 mi
Seven Up PeakESE 105°2,476 m9.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4819:25
June solstice05:4120:0720:49
September equinox07:0018:3519:11
December solstice07:3416:0416:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374146515966747267544337

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cecilville, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 268837 — Wedding Cake, Trinity County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358800567

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