Brown Mountain
Brown Mountain rises to 1,363 m in California. Granite Mountain stands 1,998 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Royal Falls, a waterfall 1.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 6.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q35729529, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,363 m
How to reach it
- 6.3 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wella's Peak: 1.3 mi
- Mount Deception: 2.0 mi
- Echo Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Mount Lowe: 2.4 mi
- Mount Disappointment: 2.5 mi
- Switzer Camp: 1.6 mi
- Mt Lowe Observatory Ruins: 2.1 mi
- Ye Alpine Tavern: 2.2 mi
- Echo Mountain House: 2.3 mi
- Mount Lowe Railway Historical Marker: 2.3 mi
- Charles S. Farnsworth Park: 2.6 mi
- Mount Lowe Park: 3.0 mi
- Glenola Park: 3.3 mi
- Charles White Park: 3.4 mi
- Olberz Park: 3.6 mi
- JPL Building 186 (Theodore von Kármán Museum and Auditorium): 3.1 mi
- Mount Wilson Observatory Museum: 5.1 mi
- Kidspace Children's Museum: 5.7 mi
- The Gamble House: 5.9 mi
- Pasadena Museum of History: 6.1 mi
- Dilan's Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 3.6 mi
- Walsh Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 3.6 mi
- Enchanted Railroad: 4.4 mi
- Old Pasadena Historic District: 6.3 mi
- Colorado Street Bridge: 6.5 mi
- Unincorporated Mural: 2.8 mi
- Williamson Gallery: 5.2 mi
- Student Gallery: 5.2 mi
- The Birds and Trees of Komitas: 5.4 mi
- Our Community in the Foothills: 5.4 mi
- Altadena Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Marcy's Vegetable Garden: 2.9 mi
- Marcy's Garden: 2.9 mi
- Food Garden: 2.9 mi
- Bev's Vegetable Garden: 2.9 mi
- Millard Canyon Open Space: 1.8 mi
- Andrea Wilson Triangle: 2.1 mi
- Upper Arroyo Seco: 2.3 mi
- The Cobb Estate: 2.4 mi
- Rubio Canyon: 2.8 mi
- Paul Little: 1.9 mi
- Switzer Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
- Red Box Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- Art Center Food Garden: 5.1 mi
- Hidden Springs: 5.5 mi
- Not Much of a Spring: 5.4 mi
- Silk Tassel Spring: 5.5 mi
- Baughman Spring: 8.5 mi
- Doe Spring: 9.4 mi
- Deer Spring: 9.8 mi
- Royal Falls: 1.1 mi
- Millard Falls: 1.3 mi
- Lower Switzer Falls: 1.4 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls: 1.5 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 2.0 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 1.5 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 22.9 mi
- Spa Palace: 14.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Brown Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Mountain | NNE 25° | 1,998 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Gleason | N 350° | 1,990 m | 9.8 mi |
| Roundtop | NNE 29° | 1,908 m | 9.2 mi |
| Mount Hillyer | NE 44° | 1,881 m | 10.8 mi |
| Strawberry Peak | NNE 25° | 1,879 m | 3.6 mi |
| San Gabriel Peak | E 81° | 1,878 m | 2.8 mi |
| Messenger Peak | NNW 344° | 1,833 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Disappointment | ENE 75° | 1,819 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:09 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 46 | 49 | 52 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 75 | 70 | 62 | 53 | 46 |
| Precip in | 7.7 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Wilson CBS, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358800966
Day trips start here
- La Cañada Flintridge · 3 mi
- Pasadena · 5 mi
- Angeles National Forest · 7 mi
- Glendale · 7 mi
- San Marino · 8 mi
- South Pasadena · 9 mi
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