Diamond Bar Windmill
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.
The story
City in eastern Los Angeles County, California, United States.
Dates from 1989.
Wikidata Q768449, matched on coordinates and name (955 m apart).
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
How to reach it
- 20.9 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sycamore Canyon Park: 0.5 mi
- Paul C. Grow Park: 0.5 mi
- Summitridge Park: 0.8 mi
- Maple Hill Park: 1.0 mi
- Longview Park: 1.2 mi
- Chapparel Middle School Sign: 0.5 mi
- Jaguar: 0.8 mi
- Red Tail Hawk: 5.7 mi
- Hand-Like Trees: 5.7 mi
- Hilda Solis/Dolores Huerta: 6.1 mi
- Nike Missile LA-29 Launch Battery Site: 5.2 mi
- Nike Missile LA-29 IFC Site: 5.8 mi
- Don Gaspor Portola Marker: 6.3 mi
- Santa Fe Station Memorial: 7.1 mi
- San Dimas Veterans Monument at Freedom Park: 7.1 mi
- American Museum of Ceramic Art / AMOCA: 5.3 mi
- Olinda Oil Museum Feild House: 5.4 mi
- Olinda Oil Museum: 5.4 mi
- Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum: 6.0 mi
- RailGiants Train Museum: 6.1 mi
- 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
- Elephant Hill: 3.5 mi
- Broken Bench Hill: 4.2 mi
- Buzzard Peak: 4.4 mi
- Gilman Peak: 5.7 mi
- Ganesha Park Hill: 5.7 mi
- Mt. SAC Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.4 mi
- Voorhis Ecological Reserve: 4.1 mi
- Puente Hills Preserve: 7.1 mi
- Burrowing Owl Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Arroyo Park: 8.2 mi
- Sustainability Garden: 3.7 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 3.8 mi
- REACH Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Koi Pond: 3.8 mi
- Desert Garden: 3.8 mi
- 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
- Creekside: 6.8 mi
- Hidden Valley: 6.9 mi
- Site A: 8.0 mi
- Site B: 8.0 mi
- Site D: 8.1 mi
- 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
- Norco Bluffs: 14.1 mi
- Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 19.1 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 24.4 mi
- Mother's Beach: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Diamond Bar Windmill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario Peak | NE 34° | 2,640 m | 18.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | NNE 31° | 2,091 m | 19.4 mi |
| Turtle's Beak | NE 34° | 2,090 m | 16.9 mi |
| Greater Calamity Peak | NE 41° | 2,068 m | 18.7 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | NNE 24° | 2,036 m | 18.7 mi |
| Calamity Peak | NE 43° | 1,768 m | 18.3 mi |
| Sunset Peak | NNE 25° | 1,723 m | 16.4 mi |
| Colver Peak | NNE 26° | 1,670 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:29 | 20:06 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 16:08 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 56 | 56 | 60 | 63 | 66 | 71 | 76 | 78 | 75 | 67 | 60 | 54 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pomona/fairplex, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6943883962
Day trips start here
- Diamond Bar · 1 mi
- Chino Hills · 3 mi
- Pomona · 5 mi
- Chino · 7 mi
- Covina · 7 mi
- La Verne · 7 mi
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