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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

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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
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
Artworks
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
Nature reserves
Gardens
Museums
Historic sites
Picnic sites: 43
  • 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
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: 5
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 12.8 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 16.3 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 16.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 16.8 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 14.7 miles of Cahuenga Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DisappointmentENE 59°1,819 m14.7 mi
Mount DeceptionENE 57°1,767 m14.3 mi
Mount MarkhamENE 62°1,746 m14.7 mi
Mount LoweENE 62°1,699 m14.2 mi
Josephine PeakNE 44°1,694 m14.2 mi
Condor PeakNNE 25°1,658 m14.3 mi
Mount LukensNNE 29°1,546.6 m10.4 mi
Condor PointNNE 23°1,538.3 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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