Angeles National Forest
Angeles National Forest is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 787 m. Winston Peak stands 2,277 m to the east-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM Open Space, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 21 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States Forest Service
How to reach it
- 21.0 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- BLM Open Space: 0.8 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 1.3 mi
- BLM Open Space: 2.1 mi
- BLM Open Space: 2.6 mi
- BLM Open Space: 10.4 mi
- Soledad Sands Park: 0.8 mi
- Acton Park: 1.9 mi
- Cypress Park: 3.5 mi
- Vasquez Rocks Park: 6.4 mi
- Foothill Park: 8.8 mi
- Parker Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Three Sisters Rock: 4.4 mi
- Messenger Peak: 4.6 mi
- Mount Gleason: 5.1 mi
- Famous Rock: 6.6 mi
- Acton Community Presbyterian Church: 1.9 mi
- Sylias Hoyt Homestead: 11.7 mi
- American Graphite Mine: 12.0 mi
- Switzer Camp: 13.3 mi
- Car wreck: 14.5 mi
- Vasquez Rocks Natural Area and Nature Center: 7.0 mi
- Joe Davies Heritage Airpark: 12.9 mi
- Blackbird Airpark: 12.9 mi
- Bolton Hall: 14.1 mi
- Placerita Canyon Nature Center: 15.4 mi
- Old Town Community Garden: 11.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 13.9 mi
- Howard Finn Community Garden: 13.9 mi
- Sunland Community Garden: 14.5 mi
- Sunland Community Garden: 14.5 mi
- B-52: 12.8 mi
- Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: 12.8 mi
- A-12: 12.9 mi
- U-2: 12.9 mi
- SR-71: 12.9 mi
- The Redoubt: 13.3 mi
- Communitree: 14.1 mi
- Elephant Bush: 14.2 mi
- Dos Picos: 14.8 mi
- Our Community in the Foothills: 15.4 mi
- Magnetic Springs: 3.2 mi
- Quail Spring: 5.1 mi
- Deer Spring: 5.1 mi
- Kentucky Springs: 5.7 mi
- Yerba Buena Spring: 8.1 mi
- North Fork Saddle: 4.7 mi
- Hidden Springs: 10.0 mi
- Wildwood Picnic: 10.6 mi
- Stonyvale Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
- Switzer Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
- Trail Canyon Falls: 9.1 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls: 13.4 mi
- Lower Switzer Falls: 13.5 mi
- Royal Falls: 14.0 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 14.5 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 13.4 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 21.9 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 22.1 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 22.3 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 22.2 mi
- Mentryville: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Angeles National Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winston Peak | ESE 111° | 2,277 m | 16.8 mi |
| Pacifico Mountain | ESE 114° | 2,165 m | 10.9 mi |
| Granite Mountain | ESE 123° | 1,998 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount Gleason | SSE 159° | 1,990 m | 5.1 mi |
| Bare Mountain | ESE 105° | 1,937 m | 12.9 mi |
| Roundtop | SE 129° | 1,908 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Hillyer | ESE 121° | 1,881 m | 13.0 mi |
| Strawberry Peak | SSE 156° | 1,879 m | 12.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:32 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:08 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 50 | 55 | 61 | 68 | 76 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 66 | 54 | 46 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palmdale, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element relation/2786724
Day trips start here
- Angeles National Forest · 9 mi
- Palmdale · 12 mi
- La Cañada Flintridge · 17 mi
- Santa Clarita · 17 mi
- Glendale · 18 mi
- Santa Clarita Valley · 18 mi
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