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Angel Mountain

Angel Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Angel Mountain rises to 1,385 m in California. Hot Springs Mountain stands 1,985 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Gem Hill, a peak 1.7 miles away.

About

The story

Mountain in the United States of America.

Wikidata Q35724223, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1,385 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.21337, -116.77141
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hellhole Canyon County Open Space Preserve: 9.4 mi
  • Inaja Memorial Park: 10.1 mi
  • Telescope Pads: 10.9 mi
  • San Pasqual Playground/Baseball Field: 11.4 mi
  • Palomar Mountain State Park: 11.7 mi
Peaks
Springs
  • Black Mountain Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Bear Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Sourdough Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Ironside Spring: 11.5 mi
Artworks: 45
Attractions: 29
Historic sites: 22
Museums: 12
Nature reserves: 9
Gardens: 8
  • Bonsai Pavillion: 15.2 mi
  • Circle Garden: 17.5 mi
  • desert garden: 23.5 mi
  • Abraxas Garden: 23.6 mi
  • Arboretum: 24.1 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Washtub Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Lower Barker Valley Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Upper Barker Valley Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Mildred Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Cedar Creek Falls: 15.6 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Silvercrest Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 19.4 mi
  • BBQ Area: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Cliffs: 6
  • Shadow Wall: 21.9 mi
  • 2-Second Tier: 21.9 mi
  • Main Wall: 22.0 mi
  • 4-Tier West: 22.0 mi
  • TOE: 22.1 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Warner Hot Spring: 9.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Broken Ankle Bend: 18.3 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Angel Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hot Springs MountainENE1,985 m13.1 mi
Combs PeakNE1,878 m15.7 mi
San Ysidro MountainE1,874 m16.0 mi
High PointNNW1,873 m11.0 mi
North PeakSE1,826 m17.9 mi
South Combs PeakNE1,788 m14.9 mi
The ThimbleE1,761 m16.0 mi
Iron Spring MountainNNE1,750 m17.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2618:59
June solstice05:3919:2420:00
September equinox06:3618:1318:45
December solstice06:4716:0716:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464750535966737469595145
Precip in5.35.94.11.70.70.10.20.30.40.91.93.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Henshaw DAM, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 269535 — Angel Mountain, San Diego County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358800765

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