Bell Mountain

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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.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q16884973, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 564 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Hogbacks: 4.6 mi
- Double Butte: 4.8 mi
- Bachelor Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Chaney Hill: 7.5 mi
- Black Mountain: 9.1 mi
- Crayon Jump House: 6.2 mi
- Premier Party Room: 6.2 mi
- Arcade: 6.2 mi
- Kids Trampoline Arena: 6.2 mi
- Kids Foam Pit: 6.2 mi
- School Garden: 4.5 mi
- Prayer Garden: 5.6 mi
- Student Gardens: 8.1 mi
- Prayer Garden: 8.4 mi
- Romantic Garden: 12.4 mi
- S: 7.2 mi
- M: 7.2 mi
- A: 7.2 mi
- R: 7.2 mi
- Ram Head: 7.2 mi
- 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
- 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
- Wings and Rotors Air Museum: 5.7 mi
- Southern California Railway Museum: 8.4 mi
- Dora Nelson African American Art and History Museum: 9.3 mi
- Western Science Center: 9.7 mi
- Perris Valley Historical Museum: 9.9 mi
- Double Butte County Park: 4.7 mi
- Four Seasons Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve: 10.5 mi
- Sylvan Meadows Multi-Use Area: 11.7 mi
- Lake Perris State Recreation Area: 14.4 mi
- Covered Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- Juror Patio Tables: 5.6 mi
- Employee Break Area: 9.5 mi
- Area A: 14.9 mi
- Area B: 14.9 mi
- Leon: 2.5 mi
- Pinacate: 8.4 mi
- Willard: 13.1 mi
- Terra Cotta: 13.2 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 20.9 mi
- 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
- Oak Cliff: 20.6 mi
- Rock Climbing: 24.5 mi
- Rock Climbing: 24.7 mi
- Brookside Rest Area: 22.0 mi
- Wildwood Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- Wildwood Rest Area: 24.9 mi
- Perris Beach: 14.3 mi
- Moreno Beach: 14.6 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trabuco Peak | W 279° | 1,401 m | 18.8 mi |
| Red Mountain | E 96° | 1,393 m | 17.6 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | W 271° | 1,373 m | 18.4 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | W 276° | 1,315 m | 17.7 mi |
| Dellamont | NE 49° | 1,231 m | 17.3 mi |
| Claremont | NE 47° | 1,181 m | 16.7 mi |
| San Mateo Peak | WSW 257° | 1,095 m | 13.5 mi |
| Elsinore Peak | WSW 251° | 1,078 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:26 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:14 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 16:07 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 54 | 55 | 59 | 63 | 68 | 74 | 80 | 81 | 77 | 69 | 60 | 53 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elsinore, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358780528
Day trips start here
- Lake Elsinore · 10 mi
- Perris · 10 mi
- Hemet · 11 mi
- Temecula · 11 mi
- Fallbrook · 20 mi
- Moreno Valley · 20 mi
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