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Outpost Sign

Outpost Sign from directly overhead

Outpost Sign is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 285 m. Mount Deception stands 1,767 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is MRCA Open Space, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 6.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.10900, -118.34796

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Old Japanese Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Yamashiro Gardens: 0.4 mi
  • American Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Italian Rose Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Spanish Garden: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Buddha: 0.4 mi
  • Irving Berlin, Jerry Herman, Mako, Spanky McFarland, Efrem Zimbalist Jr: 0.5 mi
  • Elmer Bernstein, Pierce Brosnan, Livingston & Evans, George & Ira, John Lee Hooker, Pedro Infante, Al Jarreau, Ben Johnson, Gladys Knight, Don Knotts, Leiber & Stoller, Livingston & Evans, Frankie Lymon, Rose Marie, Rita Moreno, Nicholas Brothers, Charley: 0.5 mi
  • The Four Ladies of Hollywood: 0.6 mi
  • Elvis Presley: 0.6 mi
Parks
Attractions
Museums
Peaks
Picnic sites: 43
  • Captain's Roost: 2.9 mi
  • Tom LaBonge Panorama: 3.0 mi
  • 3-Mile Tree Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
  • Griffith Park Old Zoo: 3.8 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 3.8 mi
Waterfalls: 22
  • Temescal Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 13.0 mi
  • Millard Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Royal Falls: 14.3 mi
Springs: 18
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 7.7 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 9.4 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 12.7 mi
Beaches: 16
Cliffs: 5
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 15.1 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 16.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 17.1 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 17.3 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 21.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 5.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Outpost Sign. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DeceptionNE 54°1,767 m16.5 mi
Mount LoweENE 58°1,699 m16.2 mi
Josephine PeakNE 42°1,694 m16.5 mi
Mount LukensNNE 29°1,546.6 m12.7 mi
Condor PointNNE 24°1,538.3 m16.0 mi
Fox MountainNNE 31°1,534 m16.5 mi
Muir PeakENE 62°1,427 m15.9 mi
Brown MountainNE 52°1,363 m14.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3220:09
September equinox06:4218:1918:52
December solstice06:5616:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565659626569747674686055
Precip in3.74.52.80.90.40.10.00.00.10.70.92.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burbank Valley Pump PLT, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13367809182

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