Ghost town · California
Banner
Banner is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 835 m. Hot Springs Mountain stands 1,985 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Warlock Mine, a attraction 1.4 miles away.
ghost town in San Diego County, California
How to reach it
Coordinates33.06889, -116.54611
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Inspiration Point: 1.8 mi
- Cigarette Hills: 2.5 mi
- Chariot Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Eastwood Hill: 4.0 mi
- Granite Mountain: 4.0 mi
Springs
- Rock Spring: 4.8 mi
- Ironside Spring: 5.3 mi
- Catfish Spring: 5.7 mi
- Pepper Tree Spring: 6.2 mi
- Bitter Creek Spring: 6.5 mi
Artworks: 42
- Hubbell Gateway: 4.0 mi
- Utahraptor: 14.3 mi
- Tyrannosaurus Rex: 14.4 mi
- Carnotaurus / Allosaurus: 14.4 mi
- Spinosaurus: 14.6 mi
Parks: 36
- Jess Martin County Park: 2.7 mi
- Julian County Park: 3.3 mi
- Volcan Mountains Wilderness Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Frank Lane Park: 3.8 mi
- Pedro Fages Monument: 5.2 mi
Historic sites: 17
- Julian Jail: 3.2 mi
- San Felipe-Butterfield Stage Station Historical Marker: 3.9 mi
- Cuyamaca Rancho State Park: 9.9 mi
- Yaquitepec: 10.4 mi
- Airplane Monument: 10.5 mi
Attractions: 11
- Warlock Mine: 1.4 mi
- Volcan Mountain Air Beacon: 3.0 mi
- Eagle Mine: 3.1 mi
- Grinding Rock: 7.0 mi
- Moteros: 7.5 mi
Cliffs: 10
- Perpendicular Bluff: 14.1 mi
- Main Wall: 16.3 mi
- Monster Rocks: 16.3 mi
- Mud Palisades: 18.0 mi
- Shadow Wall: 19.9 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Three Sisters Waterfalls: 10.6 mi
- Mildred Falls: 10.6 mi
- Cedar Creek Falls: 11.9 mi
- Maidenhair Falls: 13.0 mi
- Washtub Falls: 15.7 mi
Museums: 7
- Julian Pioneer Museum: 3.4 mi
- Cuyamaca Rancho Park Museum and Area Headquarters: 9.7 mi
- Guy R. Woodward Museum: 18.4 mi
- Barona Museum: 20.0 mi
- Classic Rotors Museum: 21.3 mi
Nature reserves: 6
- Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center: 14.8 mi
- Agua Caliente County Park: 16.2 mi
- Aztec Woods: 16.8 mi
- Barnett Ranch County Preserve: 19.1 mi
- Sky Oaks Reserve: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Eastwood: 4.0 mi
- Branson City: 4.2 mi
- Coleman City: 5.8 mi
- Stratton: 6.0 mi
- Cuyamaca: 8.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- BBQ Area: 6.8 mi
- Pioneer Mail Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Day Use Picnic Site: 11.0 mi
- Desert View Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Broken Ankle Bend: 7.5 mi
- Buckman Springs Rest Area: 21.8 mi
Gardens: 2
- desert garden: 11.0 mi
- Stuart Alan Whitmore Memorial Garden: 15.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Warner Hot Spring: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Banner. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Springs Mountain | N 353° | 1,985 m | 17.1 mi |
| Cuyamaca Peak | SSW 203° | 1,979 m | 9.1 mi |
| Monument Peak | SSE 149° | 1,904 m | 14.2 mi |
| Wooded Hill | SSE 158° | 1,894 m | 16.3 mi |
| Stephenson Peak | SSE 150° | 1,889 m | 15.4 mi |
| San Ysidro Mountain | NNE 12° | 1,874 m | 13.1 mi |
| Piñon Point | SSE 151° | 1,832 m | 15.6 mi |
| North Peak | SSW 208° | 1,826 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:22 | 19:59 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:12 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:46 | 16:06 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 46 | 49 | 53 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 74 | 69 | 60 | 52 | 45 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Julian CDF, 3 mi away.
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