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Grass Lake Rest Area

Grass Lake Rest Area from directly overhead

Grass Lake Rest Area is a rest area in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,540 m. Mount Shasta stands 4,322 m to the south, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Deer Mountain, a peak 3.2 miles away.

19.8 mi. N. of Weed

How to reach it

Coordinates41.64285, -122.16776

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Artworks: 12
  • Coming Home: 7.4 mi
  • All Wounded Warriors: 7.4 mi
  • The Nurses: 7.4 mi
  • POW - MIA: 7.4 mi
  • Why? Group: 7.4 mi
Historic sites: 9
  • Living Memorial Sculpture Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Hot LZ Memorial Wall: 7.7 mi
  • Old fire lookout foundation: 21.3 mi
  • Everett Memorial: 21.8 mi
  • Monroe Memorial: 23.3 mi
Parks: 8
Waterfalls: 4
  • Whitney Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Coquette Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Ash Creek Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Mud Creek Falls: 18.4 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Cliffs: 4
Museums: 4
Picnic sites: 2
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 2
Hot springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Grass Lake Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ShastaS 185°4,321.8 m16.2 mi
Misery HillS 185°4,206.2 m16.5 mi
Thumb RockS 185°3,938.9 m17.0 mi
ShastinaS 190°3,758.2 m16.4 mi
ShastinaS 190°3,758.2 m16.4 mi
Shastarama PointS 184°3,393.9 m17.9 mi
Casaval RidgeS 189°3,187.9 m17.8 mi
Green ButteS 186°2,802 m18.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4419:21
June solstice05:3520:0520:47
September equinox06:5718:3119:08
December solstice07:3315:5716:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374044495765747265534236
Precip in1.41.41.31.11.10.60.20.30.30.91.32.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montague Siskiyou AP, 18 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/98568422

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