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Buzzard Peak

Buzzard Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Buzzard Peak rises to 402 m in California. Ontario Peak stands 2,640 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Desert Garden, a garden 0.6 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 17 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

Mountain in United States of America.

Wikidata Q35731013, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
402 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.05640, -117.85034

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Heidelberg Park: 1.0 mi
  • Country Hollow Park: 1.2 mi
  • Heritage Park: 1.2 mi
  • Parque Xalapa: 1.2 mi
  • Boltz Courtyard: 1.4 mi
Museums
Historic sites: 60
Attractions
  • Fairplex Garden Railroad: 5.2 mi
  • Tongva Village: 8.7 mi
  • Redwood Grove: 9.8 mi
  • The "M": 11.7 mi
  • M3 Lee: 12.2 mi
Artworks: 59
Peaks: 58
  • Broken Bench Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Elephant Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Way Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Ganesha Park Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Puente Hills: 7.5 mi
Gardens: 51
Nature reserves: 50
Springs: 35
  • Big Cienega Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 8.5 mi
  • McDermont Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Fern Springs: 11.9 mi
  • Fallen Leaf Spring: 14.1 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Site A: 3.9 mi
  • Site B: 3.9 mi
  • Site E: 3.9 mi
  • Site D: 3.9 mi
  • Site C: 3.9 mi
Waterfalls: 31
  • Fish Canyon Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Wolfskill Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Mayberg Waterfall: 13.2 mi
  • Hermit Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Sturtevant Falls: 14.4 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Norco Bluffs: 17.7 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 22.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 17.4 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 24.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buzzard Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ontario PeakNE2,640 m17.5 mi
South Mount HawkinsN2,369 m17.8 mi
Sugarloaf PeakNE2,091 m17.8 mi
Turtle's BeakNE2,090 m15.6 mi
Lookout MountainNE2,036 m16.6 mi
Triplet RocksN1,875 m17.2 mi
Rattlesnake PeakNNE1,776 m15.5 mi
Calamity PeakENE1,768 m17.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3019:03
June solstice05:4119:3020:07
September equinox06:4018:1718:50
December solstice06:5416:0816:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565660636671767875676054
Precip in2.94.12.11.00.20.10.00.00.01.00.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pomona/fairplex, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 239912 — Buzzard Peak, Los Angeles County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358781326

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