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Westside Mountain Park

Westside Mountain Park from directly overhead

Westside Mountain Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,996 m. Mount Pinos stands 2,697 m to the southeast, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mil Potrero Park, a park 1.2 miles away. 122 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1996 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.84942, -119.20733

122 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 28
  • Mesa Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Nettle Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Blue Rock Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Pine Spring: 11.8 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Adobe Brick Pit: 17.8 mi
  • Officer's Quarters: 17.8 mi
  • Officer's Quarters: 17.8 mi
  • Hospital: 17.8 mi
  • Bakery: 17.8 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • The Patio: 8.7 mi
  • Twin Falls Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
  • The Crossing: 9.4 mi
  • The Crossing: 9.4 mi
  • Flume Creek Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Oil Patch Fire House: 23.8 mi
  • Ethel D. Oil Tool & Supply House: 23.8 mi
  • Jameson #17: 23.9 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • San Emigdio Plantation: 6.8 mi
  • Hungry Valley Oak Woodland Natural Preserve: 18.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rose Valley Falls: 22.3 mi
  • 33 Falls: 22.3 mi
Museums: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PinosSE 126°2,696.5 m4.3 mi
Sawmill MountainSE 138°2,685 m3.4 mi
Grouse MountainSSE 150°2,613 m2.8 mi
Cerro NoroesteS 170°2,525 m1.3 mi
Frazier MountainESE 111°2,442 m14.5 mi
Reyes PeakSSW 196°2,284 m15.7 mi
San Emigdio MountainNE 44°2,282 m2.3 mi
Haddock MountainS 187°2,265 m15.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3619:09
June solstice05:4419:3720:14
September equinox06:4618:2218:55
December solstice07:0116:1116:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505359637076838277685750
Precip in1.11.21.00.60.40.00.00.00.10.30.40.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Taft, 24 mi away.

  • Butterfly Mariposa Lily23 obs
  • singleleaf pinyon21 obs
  • cardinal catchfly21 obs
  • Tucker's Oak19 obs
  • Snowplant18 obs
  • Pacific Coast Tick17 obs
  • Yellow-faced Bumble Bee16 obs
  • chaparral yucca15 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358795936

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