Mount Helen

Mount Helen is a peak in Shasta County, Shasta Cascades, California and has an elevation of 8,839 feet.

Type: Peak with an elevation of 8,839 feet
Description: summit in California
Also known as: “Mt. Helen”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lassen Peak and Lake Helen.

Lassen Peak

Volcano

Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lassen Peak, commonly referred to as Mount Lassen, is a 10,457-foot lava dome volcano in Lassen Volcanic National Park in Northern California. Located in the Shasta Cascade region above the northern Sacramento Valley, it is the southernmost active volcano…

Lake Helen

Lake

Photo: T1madpaintballer, Public domain.

Lake Helen is a glacial lake or a tarn occupying a cirque at around 8,200 feet in Lassen Volcanic National Park. The lake is located to the south of Lassen Peak and west of Bumpass Mountain in the Shasta Cascades region of Northern California.

Bumpass Mountain

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bumpass Mountain is a mountain located south of Lassen Peak in Lassen Volcanic National Park, California. It rises to an elevation of 8,753 feet near Bumpass Hell and Lake Helen.

Mount Helen

Categories: mountain and landform
Location: Shasta County, Shasta Cascades, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.47034° or 40° 28′ 13″ north

Longitude

-121.50267° or 121° 30′ 10″ west

Elevation

8,839 feet (2,694 metres)

Open location code

84GWFFCW+4W

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358860979

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

7220653

Wikidata ID

Q28604457

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Satellite Map

Discover Mount Helen from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to French—“Mount Helen” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Mount Helen (bukid sa Estados Unidos, California, Shasta County)”
Cebuano: “Mount Helen”
French: “mont Helen”
French: “Mont Helen”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lassen Peak Trailhead and Bumpass Hell Trailhead.

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