Cantara Loop River Access
Cantara Loop River Access is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 853 m. Mount Shasta stands 4,322 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Ney Springs River Access, a picnic site 0.6 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- California Department of Fish and Wildlife
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Quail Hill: 2.8 mi
- Mount Bradley: 3.0 mi
- Spring Hill: 4.8 mi
- Snowmans Hill: 5.0 mi
- Everitt Hill: 5.1 mi
- Faery Falls: 1.5 mi
- Mossbrae Falls: 2.7 mi
- Hedge Creek Falls: 2.8 mi
- Root Creek Falls: 6.4 mi
- Burstarse Falls: 6.5 mi
- Siskiyou Art Musuem: 4.3 mi
- Peaceful Warrior: 19.6 mi
- Greatest Generation: 19.6 mi
- Those Left Behind: 19.6 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 19.7 mi
- Big Springs: 4.5 mi
- Indian Springs: 6.9 mi
- Fern Spring: 7.0 mi
- Popcorn Spring: 7.0 mi
- Panther Springs: 8.6 mi
- Monroe Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Everett Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Old fire lookout foundation: 7.3 mi
- Battle Rock: 8.2 mi
- Mount Eddy Lookout Tower Ruins: 9.7 mi
- Ney Springs River Access: 0.6 mi
- Riverside Day Use Area: 8.0 mi
- Cougar Park Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Lower Falls Day Use Area: 14.7 mi
- Upper Falls Day Use Area: 15.6 mi
- Tauhindauli Park: 3.5 mi
- Shastice Park: 3.9 mi
- Mount Shasta City Park: 4.4 mi
- Castle Crags State Park: 7.0 mi
- Hoo Hoo Park: 9.2 mi
- Sisson Museum: 3.2 mi
- Siskiyou Arts Museum: 4.3 mi
- Heritage Junction Museum: 8.8 mi
- Weed Museum: 11.7 mi
- Castle Crags: 5.9 mi
- Cosmic Wall: 6.5 mi
- Red Banks: 10.7 mi
- Red Banks: 10.8 mi
- Weed Airport Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- Weed Airport Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- Lakehead Rest Area: 24.5 mi
- Lake Siskiyou Beach: 1.9 mi
- 1727 Class M6: 3.3 mi
- Sisson Meadow: 3.5 mi
- Sulphur Springs: 11.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Cantara Loop River Access. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Shasta | NNE 31° | 4,321.8 m | 11.5 mi |
| Misery Hill | NNE 31° | 4,206.2 m | 11.2 mi |
| Thumb Rock | NNE 32° | 3,938.9 m | 10.8 mi |
| Shastina | NNE 24° | 3,758.2 m | 10.8 mi |
| Shastina | NNE 24° | 3,758.2 m | 10.8 mi |
| Shastarama Point | NE 36° | 3,393.9 m | 10.1 mi |
| Casaval Ridge | NNE 29° | 3,187.9 m | 9.6 mi |
| Green Butte | NE 36° | 2,802 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:05 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:00 | 16:44 |
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 | 42 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 35 |
| Precip in | 6.3 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 6.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Shasta, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/178280591
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