Catalina Head
Catalina Head rises to 123 m in California. Mount Orizaba stands 639 m to the east-southeast, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Torquemada, a peak 0.8 miles away. 103 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q35733225, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 123 m
How to reach it
103 named places within 25 miles
- Pelican Cove Park: 22.8 mi
- Point Vicente Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Vanderlip Park: 23.0 mi
- Point Vicente Park and Civic Center: 23.1 mi
- Founders Park: 23.1 mi
- Mount Torquemada: 0.8 mi
- Bluff: 2.1 mi
- Blue Cavern Point: 2.7 mi
- White Bluff: 3.0 mi
- Fish: 3.5 mi
- Lion Head: 2.1 mi
- Spouting Caves: 2.6 mi
- Perdition Caves: 2.7 mi
- Whales Tail: 3.6 mi
- Ribbon Beach: 4.1 mi
- Cochise's Grave: 12.0 mi
- Point Vicente Lighthouse: 22.8 mi
- Battery Barnes 240: 23.0 mi
- Point Vicente Park: 23.0 mi
- Portuguese Bend Whaling Station: 23.4 mi
- Ocean Trails Reserve: 23.1 mi
- Abalone Cove Reserve: 23.3 mi
- Vicente Bluffs Reserve: 23.3 mi
- Abalone Cove Ecological Reserve: 23.3 mi
- White Point Nature Preserve: 23.4 mi
- Santa Catalina Island Map: 5.9 mi
- Leroy: 12.2 mi
- Pacific Gray Whale: 22.9 mi
- Stephen M. White: 23.8 mi
- Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo: 23.8 mi
- Descanso Beach: 11.9 mi
- Middle Beach: 12.3 mi
- Royal Palms County Beach: 23.1 mi
- Cabrillo Beach: 23.9 mi
- Catalina Island Museum: 12.1 mi
- Point Vicente Interpretive Center: 22.9 mi
- Fort MacArthur Museum: 23.5 mi
- Cabrillo Beach Bath House: 23.8 mi
- 01: 3.7 mi
- Torqua Spring: 8.9 mi
- Wrigley Botanical Gardens: 12.1 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 22.8 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Catalina Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Orizaba | ESE 120° | 639 m | 6.5 mi |
| Black Jack Mountain | ESE 111° | 596 m | 7.1 mi |
| Silver Peak | NW 308° | 550 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mount Banning | SE 129° | 492 m | 5.8 mi |
| East Mountain | ESE 123° | 476 m | 13.5 mi |
| Cactus Peak | SSE 147° | 466 m | 7.2 mi |
| Fletcher | ESE 102° | 454 m | 7.4 mi |
| San Pedro Hill | NNE 25° | 449 m | 24.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:13 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 56 | 55 | 55 | 57 | 60 | 62 | 68 | 71 | 71 | 65 | 60 | 55 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Avalon Catalina AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358807894
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