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Diamond Bar Windmill

Diamond Bar Windmill from directly overhead

Diamond Bar Windmill is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 277 m. Ontario Peak stands 2,640 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Sycamore Canyon Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 21 miles off.

About

The story

city ​​in eastern Los Angeles County, California, United States

Dates from 1989.

Wikidata Q768449, matched on coordinates and name (955 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Inscription
HISTORICAL WINDMILL DIAMOND BAR BREAKFAST LIONS - DIAMOND BAR HISTORICAL SOCIETY THIS WAS A WORKING WINDMILL ON THE DIAMOND BAR RANCH BETWEEN 1918 AND 1957
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Coordinates34.00167, -117.81047

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Nature reserves
Peaks
Gardens
  • Sustainability Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Rose Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Rose Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Rose Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Rose Garden: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
  • Redwood Grove: 6.2 mi
  • Fairplex Garden Railroad: 6.2 mi
  • Tongva Village: 9.5 mi
  • Castle Peak and Thunder Railroad: 10.9 mi
  • Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin: 14.3 mi
Picnic sites: 37
  • Creekside: 6.8 mi
  • Hidden Valley: 6.9 mi
  • Site A: 8.0 mi
  • Site B: 8.0 mi
  • Site D: 8.1 mi
Springs: 31
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 4.1 mi
  • McDermont Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Big Cienega Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Horsetrough Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Fern Springs: 16.0 mi
Waterfalls: 26
  • Wolfskill Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Historic Dam: 12.8 mi
  • Fish Canyon Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Schweitzer Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Frog Jump Falls: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Norco Bluffs: 14.1 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 14.4 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 14.8 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 16.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 19.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Mother's Beach: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Diamond Bar Windmill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ontario PeakNE 34°2,640 m18.9 mi
Turtle's BeakNE 34°2,090 m16.9 mi
Greater Calamity PeakNE 41°2,068 m18.7 mi
Lookout MountainNNE 24°2,036 m18.7 mi
Rattlesnake PeakN 6°1,776 m18.8 mi
Calamity PeakNE 43°1,768 m18.3 mi
Sunset PeakNNE 25°1,723 m16.4 mi
Colver PeakNNE 26°1,670 m14.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3019:03
June solstice05:4119:2920:06
September equinox06:4018:1618:49
December solstice06:5416:0816:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565660636671767875676054
Precip in2.94.12.11.00.20.10.00.00.01.00.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pomona/fairplex, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6943883962

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