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Big Mountain

Big Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Big Mountain rises to 717 m in California. Topatopa Peak stands 1,891 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM Open Space, a nature reserve 2.6 miles away.

The story

mountain in Ventura County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q35727196, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
717 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.33944, -118.79509

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Large Dog Area: 3.0 mi
  • Dog Park: 3.0 mi
  • Small Dog Area: 3.1 mi
  • Borges Park: 3.4 mi
  • Campus Hills Park: 3.5 mi
Peaks
  • Whiteface: 3.1 mi
  • Sulphur Mountain: 6.3 mi
  • Hutton Peak: 7.1 mi
  • Modelo Peak: 7.7 mi
  • Baldy: 7.9 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Historic sites
Museums: 48
Gardens: 37
Springs: 30
  • Arundell Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Rodeo Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Hialeah Springs: 10.3 mi
  • Juan Fernandez Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 12.8 mi
Picnic sites: 30
  • Johnson Park: 10.3 mi
  • Meadows Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
  • Sycamore Flats: 10.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.0 mi
  • Wildwood Canyon: 11.1 mi
Beaches: 24
Waterfalls: 10
Cliffs: 7
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 14.2 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 14.4 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 14.8 mi
  • Echo Cliffs: 16.6 mi
  • Topatopa Bluff: 20.3 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 9.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Big Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Topatopa PeakNW 321°1,891 m17.6 mi
Devils Heart PeakNW 324°1,566 m17.6 mi
Whiteacre PeakNNW 342°1,536 m14.6 mi
Santa Paula PeakWNW 300°1,497 m14.1 mi
Hopper MountainNNW 337°1,381 m10.4 mi
Sulphur PeakNNW 329°1,364 m14.4 mi
San Cayetano MountainWNW 303°1,275 m12.7 mi
Whitaker PeakNNE 12°1,262 m16.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3419:07
June solstice05:4419:3420:11
September equinox06:4418:2018:53
December solstice06:5816:1116:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555559616772798077696053
Precip in4.24.42.90.80.30.00.00.00.10.50.82.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newhall 5NW, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358780718

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