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Fort Tejon State Historic Park

Fort Tejon State Historic Park from directly overhead

Fort Tejon State Historic Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 986 m. Mount Pinos stands 2,697 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Adobe Brick Pit, a historic site 0.3 miles away. 142 named places lie within 25 miles, 50 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
986 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates34.87150, -118.90060
Around it

142 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 50
Springs: 42
  • Elderberry Springs: 10.1 mi
  • Urcado Springs: 10.6 mi
  • Hog Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Bad Name Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Tule Spring: 11.7 mi
Historic sites: 18
  • Adobe Brick Pit: 0.3 mi
  • Officer's Quarters: 0.3 mi
  • Officer's Quarters: 0.3 mi
  • Hospital: 0.4 mi
  • Barracks #2: 0.4 mi
Parks: 18
  • Frazier Mountain County Park: 4.5 mi
  • Hungry Valley SVRA Entrance: 5.7 mi
  • Hungry Valley SVRA: 5.7 mi
  • Hungry Valley Oak Woodland Natural Preserve: 7.5 mi
  • Gorman Cultural Preserve: 8.4 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Spanish Point: 16.7 mi
  • The Patio: 17.6 mi
  • Twin Falls Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
  • The Crossing: 17.9 mi
  • The Crossing: 17.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
Nature reserves: 3
  • Hungry Valley Oak Woodland Natural Preserve: 7.5 mi
  • San Emigdio Plantation: 10.8 mi
  • BLM Open Space: 24.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • 4 Island Lake Beach: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Tejon State Historic Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PinosWSW 254°2,696.5 m14.5 mi
Sawmill MountainWSW 255°2,685 m15.6 mi
Grouse MountainWSW 256°2,613 m16.5 mi
Cerro NoroesteW 261°2,525 m17.4 mi
Frazier MountainSSW 210°2,442 m7.7 mi
Cummings MountainENE 58°2,362 m22.0 mi
San Emigdio MountainW 271°2,282 m15.8 mi
Alamo MountainSSW 193°2,248 m14.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3419:08
June solstice05:4319:3620:13
September equinox06:4418:2118:54
December solstice07:0016:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454649526069767772625245
Precip in2.53.72.00.80.40.10.10.10.10.60.82.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sandberg, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • valley oak32 obs
  • Mule Deer28 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard26 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard26 obs
  • Acorn Woodpecker20 obs
  • Vivid Dancer18 obs
  • Yerba Mansa18 obs
  • Black Phoebe17 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/40180171

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