Wedding Cake
Wedding Cake rises to 2,605 m in California. Thompson Peak stands 2,726 m to the north, 0.6 miles off. 93 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49087959, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,605 m
How to reach it
93 named places within 25 miles
- Thompson Peak: 0.6 mi
- Caesar Peak: 1.0 mi
- Mount Hilton: 2.5 mi
- Sawtooth Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Grizzly Butte: 3.7 mi
- 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
- Stoney Creek Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Clark Springs Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
- Whites Bar Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
- Big Bar Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
- Cedar Flat Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
- 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
- Russell Cabin: 4.2 mi
- Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park: 18.9 mi
- Eagle Rock Lookout: 22.1 mi
- Stamp mill: 22.5 mi
- Dedrick: 9.0 mi
- Canon City: 11.1 mi
- Minersville: 16.9 mi
- Negro Flat: 21.1 mi
- Lowden Park: 19.0 mi
- Lee Fong Park Disc Golf Course: 19.2 mi
- Lewiston Community Park: 23.7 mi
- Limestone Bluffs: 13.2 mi
- Dougherty Bluff: 22.8 mi
- National Recreation Area, Picnic Area - Tanbark: 14.4 mi
- Moon Lim Lee Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- Scott Museum: 18.3 mi
- Jake Jackson Memorial Museum: 19.0 mi
- Russian Wilderness: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wedding Cake. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson Peak | N 359° | 2,726 m | 0.6 mi |
| Caesar Peak | NE 35° | 2,714 m | 1.0 mi |
| Mount Hilton | S 187° | 2,694 m | 2.5 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | ESE 120° | 2,662 m | 2.7 mi |
| Caribou Mountain | ENE 61° | 2,609 m | 5.3 mi |
| Gibson Peak | ESE 110° | 2,560 m | 9.7 mi |
| Siligo Peak | ESE 113° | 2,482 m | 8.3 mi |
| Seven Up Peak | ESE 105° | 2,476 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:48 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:07 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:04 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 46 | 51 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 72 | 67 | 54 | 43 | 37 |
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
Day trips start here
- Callahan · 25 mi
- French Gulch · 29 mi
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