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Yellow Mountain

Yellow Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Yellow Mountain rises to 2,460 m in California. Crane Mountain stands 2,577 m to the north-northwest, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Lily Lake Boating Site, a picnic site 0.7 miles away. Oregon Outback passes 5.0 miles off. 57 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49091279, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2460 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.96544, -120.20662

57 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 30
Springs: 11
Parks: 6
  • McDonald City Park: 16.6 mi
  • Soroptomist Park: 16.8 mi
  • Swimming Pool City Park: 17.0 mi
  • Drews Reservoir County Park: 23.7 mi
  • Booth State Park: 24.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
Museums: 3
  • Schminck Memorial Museum: 16.9 mi
  • Lake County Museum: 17.0 mi
  • Mc Chuck Wagon Western Heritage Exhibit: 17.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Historic sites: 1
Artworks: 1
  • L: 17.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Yellow Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crane MountainNNW 345°2,577.4 m7.0 mi
Drake PeakN 10°2,562.5 m23.5 mi
Light PeakN 7°2,537.5 m23.6 mi
Mount BidwellE 89°2,529 m2.1 mi
Bald MountainS 188°2,518 m24.8 mi
Mount VidaSSW 203°2,500 m2.3 mi
Buck MountainSSW 192°2,417 m17.6 mi
Fandango PeakSSW 192°2,369 m7.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3619:13
June solstice05:2619:5820:41
September equinox06:4918:2319:00
December solstice07:2615:4816:33

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323540455361706861503830
Precip in2.71.92.11.81.50.80.20.20.31.12.12.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Bidwell, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358807738

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