Rest area · California
Grass Lake Rest Area
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
- Deer Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Herd Peak: 3.5 mi
- Little Deer Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Miller Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Sheep Rock: 5.1 mi
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
- Deer Mountain Snowmobile Park: 5.4 mi
- Hoy Park: 12.4 mi
- Lava Lakes Wildlife Sanctuary: 14.6 mi
- Charles Byrd Park: 18.1 mi
- Bel Air Park: 19.4 mi
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
- Butte Valley Wildlife Area: 15.5 mi
- Shasta Valley Wildlife Area: 16.8 mi
- Sisson Meadow: 23.7 mi
- China Hill Yreka Phlox Preserve: 24.2 mi
Museums: 4
- Weed Museum: 18.7 mi
- Railroad Museum: 19.5 mi
- Sisson Museum: 24.5 mi
- Siskiyou County Museum: 24.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Red Banks: 16.9 mi
- Padgetts Bluff: 21.2 mi
- Cedar Point: 23.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Martins Dairy Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- Cougar Park Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
Springs: 2
- Panther Springs: 19.7 mi
- Big Springs: 23.2 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Sulphur Springs: 16.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Weed Airport Rest Area: 18.7 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Shasta | S 185° | 4,322 m | 16.2 mi |
| Misery Hill | S 185° | 4,206 m | 16.5 mi |
| Thumb Rock | S 185° | 3,939 m | 17.0 mi |
| Shastina | S 190° | 3,758 m | 16.4 mi |
| Shastarama Point | S 184° | 3,394 m | 17.9 mi |
| Casaval Ridge | S 189° | 3,188 m | 17.8 mi |
| Green Butte | S 186° | 2,802 m | 18.9 mi |
| The Whaleback | S 170° | 2,601 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:44 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:05 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:57 | 16:42 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 44 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 36 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montague Siskiyou AP, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/98568422
Day trips start here
- Weed · 19 mi
- Siskiyou County · 21 mi
- Mount Shasta · 24 mi
- Yreka · 25 mi
- Hornbrook · 27 mi
- McCloud · 27 mi
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