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Carmel Mountain

Carmel Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Carmel Mountain rises to 130 m in California. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Ocean Air Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

About

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q35732827, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
130 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.93073, -117.21783
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ocean Air Park: 0.3 mi
  • Carmel Country Highlands Community Park: 0.7 mi
  • Del Mar Trails Park: 0.9 mi
  • Torrey Hills Pocket Park: 0.9 mi
  • Manorgate Pocket Park: 0.9 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Gardens
  • East Ocean Air Greenbelt: 1.2 mi
  • Qualcomm AZ Roof Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 2.5 mi
  • UCHS Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Cara Knott Memorial Garden: 6.5 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Del Mar Mesa: 2.2 mi
  • Red Butte: 2.3 mi
  • Kearny Mesa: 6.2 mi
  • Soledad Mountain: 6.6 mi
  • Black Mountain: 6.9 mi
Museums
Beaches: 29
Nature reserves: 26
Cliffs: 25
  • Del Mar Bluff: 3.0 mi
  • Thumb: 12.1 mi
  • Main Area: 12.1 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 12.1 mi
  • The Underworld: 12.1 mi
Springs: 9
  • Dog Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Bottle Peak Spring: 19.7 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 11.2 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 13.4 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 2.4 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 13.9 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 17.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Carmel Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Woodson MountainENE 69°878 m15.3 mi
North Iron MountainENE 74°824 m15.6 mi
Iron MountainE 80°818 m15.5 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakENE 76°802 m16.0 mi
Middle SummitENE 77°790 m15.7 mi
Mount EllieENE 75°743.712 m15.3 mi
Wildwood MountainENE 78°725.424 m16.3 mi
Peak 2245ENE 77°684 m15.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2520:01
September equinox06:3818:1418:47
December solstice06:4916:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575859616468727472686256
Precip in2.32.71.60.80.30.10.10.00.10.60.92.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Miramar NAS, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 240247 — Carmel Mountain, San Diego County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358781581

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