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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.

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

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.05640, -117.85034

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Desert Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Desert Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Desert Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Desert Garden: 0.6 mi
  • REACH Community Garden: 0.7 mi
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
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • 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
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
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
Picnic sites: 42
  • 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
Springs: 37
  • 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
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: 5
  • Norco Bluffs: 17.7 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 18.0 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 18.3 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 19.3 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 17.8 miles of Buzzard Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ontario PeakNE 47°2,640 m17.5 mi
South Mount HawkinsN 7°2,369 m17.8 mi
Turtle's BeakNE 49°2,090 m15.6 mi
Lookout MountainNE 37°2,036 m16.6 mi
Triplet RocksN 350°1,875 m17.2 mi
Rattlesnake PeakNNE 16°1,776 m15.5 mi
Calamity PeakENE 57°1,768 m17.6 mi
Mount WilsonNW 314°1,737 m16.7 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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