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Cahuenga Peak

Cahuenga Peak, a peak in California
Cahuenga Peak, a peak in CaliforniaDowntowngal · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cahuenga Peak, a peak in California
Downtowngal · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cahuenga Peak, a peak in California
Downtowngal · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cahuenga Peak, a peak in California
Downtowngal · CC BY-SA 4.0

Cahuenga Peak rises to 553 m in California. Mount Disappointment stands 1,819 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Lee, a peak 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 6.8 miles off.

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Cahuenga Peak ( ) is the 12th-highest named peak in the Santa Monica Mountains and is located just west of the Hollywood Sign. Cahuenga Peak is the highest peak in Griffith Park. It provides a spectacular 360-degree panorama of the Los Angeles Basin and the San Fernando Valley.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q5017463, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
553 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.13699, -118.32583

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mount Lee: 0.3 mi
  • Burbank Peak: 0.4 mi
  • Mount Chapel: 1.0 mi
  • Mount Baby Bell: 1.2 mi
  • Mount Bell: 1.4 mi
Parks
  • Lake Hollywood Park: 0.7 mi
  • Stars Hollow: 1.0 mi
  • Buena Vista Park: 1.0 mi
  • Warner Brothers Studio Cafeteria: 1.1 mi
  • Studio Plaza Cafe: 1.2 mi
Museums
Historic sites: 60
Artworks
Gardens: 56
Picnic sites: 41
  • 3-Mile Tree Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
  • Captain's Roost: 1.5 mi
  • Tom LaBonge Panorama: 1.5 mi
  • Mineral Wells Picnic Area: 1.9 mi
  • Amir's Garden Picnic Site: 1.9 mi
Attractions
  • Hollywood Sign: 0.3 mi
  • Wisdom Tree: 0.4 mi
  • Haunted Picnic Table 29: 1.1 mi
  • Colonial Street: 1.1 mi
  • Warner Bros Studio Tour: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves: 25
Springs: 23
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 9.9 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 10.1 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 13.7 mi
Waterfalls: 22
Beaches: 14
Cliffs: 3
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 12.8 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 16.3 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 22.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 6.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Cahuenga Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DisappointmentENE1,819 m14.7 mi
Mount DeceptionENE1,767 m14.3 mi
Mount MarkhamENE1,746 m14.7 mi
Mount LoweENE1,699 m14.2 mi
Josephine PeakNE1,694 m14.2 mi
Condor PeakNNE1,658 m14.3 mi
Mount LukensNNE1,547 m10.4 mi
Condor PointNNE1,538 m13.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3220:09
September equinox06:4218:1918:52
December solstice06:5616:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565659626569747674686055
Precip in3.74.52.80.90.40.10.00.00.10.70.92.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burbank Valley Pump PLT, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358781375

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