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Bell Mountain

Bell Mountain rises to 564 m in California. Trabuco Peak stands 1,401 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Rolling Hills Park, a park 0.2 miles away.

The story

Bell Mountain is a mountain in the Paloma Valley in Menifee in Riverside County, California.

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Wikidata Q16884973, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
564 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.65891, -117.15170

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rolling Hills Park: 0.2 mi
  • Hidden Meadows Park: 0.4 mi
  • Menifee South Tot Lot Park: 0.6 mi
  • Autumn Breeze Park: 0.7 mi
  • Mosaic Park: 0.8 mi
Peaks
Attractions
Gardens: 56
Artworks: 50
  • S: 7.2 mi
  • M: 7.2 mi
  • A: 7.2 mi
  • R: 7.2 mi
  • Ram Head: 7.2 mi
Historic sites: 48
  • Unborn Child Memorial: 5.0 mi
  • Grandma Juanita: 5.6 mi
  • Flagpole Memorial: 7.2 mi
  • Memorial Flags: 7.6 mi
  • Honor Garden: 7.7 mi
Springs: 46
  • Adobe Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Iodine Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Adobe Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Lion Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Dripping Springs: 15.9 mi
Museums: 22
Picnic sites: 8
Ghost towns: 5
Waterfalls: 5
  • Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 14.8 mi
  • Tenaja Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Ortega Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Lion Canyon Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Holly Jim Falls: 21.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Oak Cliff: 20.6 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 24.5 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 24.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Bell Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Trabuco PeakW 279°1,401 m18.8 mi
Red MountainE 96°1,393 m17.6 mi
Los Pinos PeakW 271°1,373 m18.4 mi
Horsethief PeakW 276°1,315 m17.7 mi
DellamontNE 49°1,231 m17.3 mi
ClaremontNE 47°1,181 m16.7 mi
San Mateo PeakWSW 257°1,095 m13.5 mi
Elsinore PeakWSW 251°1,078 m11.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:3919:2620:03
September equinox06:3718:1418:47
December solstice06:5016:0716:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Sep–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545559636874808177696053
Precip in3.02.81.50.50.20.10.20.10.20.50.62.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elsinore, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358780528

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