Chief Mountain
Chief Mountain rises to 458 m in California. High Point stands 1,873 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Chief Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q35734304, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 458 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Chief Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Heriot Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Tourmaline Queen Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Pala Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Mount Olympus: 3.4 mi
- Pala Mission Park: 2.1 mi
- Wilderness Gardens County Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Wilderness Gardens Park: 2.7 mi
- Pechanga Tribal Park: 4.7 mi
- Patricia H Birdsall Sports Park: 5.3 mi
- Our Roots Run Deep: 5.2 mi
- Pechanga Resort and Casino: 5.6 mi
- Poker Room: 5.7 mi
- Smoke-Free Slots: 5.7 mi
- Slots: 5.7 mi
- Cupa Cultural Center: 2.1 mi
- Little Temecula History Center: 6.9 mi
- Pennypickle's Workshop Museum: 9.3 mi
- Wasxayam Pomki: 9.3 mi
- Temecula Valley Museum: 9.6 mi
- Chloe Honeycutt Memorial: 6.4 mi
- Dylan Key: 6.6 mi
- Eldon Rotz Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Sara M. Margiotta Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Ronald Reagan Tribute: 8.8 mi
- GOHS GarDEN: 5.1 mi
- Student Gardens: 5.7 mi
- Student Gardens: 6.1 mi
- Student Gardens: 6.2 mi
- Redhawk Elementry School Garden: 6.3 mi
- Hungry Wolf: 5.1 mi
- Redhawk Logo: 6.4 mi
- A Child's Wonderland: 8.7 mi
- Historic Fire Wagon 28: 9.1 mi
- Old Town Arch: 9.1 mi
- Pechanga Hot Springs: 3.6 mi
- Dripping Springs: 6.8 mi
- Sawyer Spring: 8.7 mi
- Adobe Spring: 11.6 mi
- Sourdough Spring: 12.7 mi
- Emerson Oaks Reserve: 5.5 mi
- Gird Valley Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Dinwiddie Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Los Jilgueros Preserve: 11.5 mi
- Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve: 15.0 mi
- Silvercrest Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- Employee Break Area: 11.1 mi
- Juror Patio Tables: 14.1 mi
- El Arroyo Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- Ray Love Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 9.5 mi
- Upper Barker Valley Falls: 14.7 mi
- Lower Barker Valley Falls: 14.7 mi
- El Salto Falls: 20.4 mi
- Washtub Falls: 21.2 mi
- Oceanside City Beach: 23.5 mi
- Buccaneer Beach: 23.5 mi
- South Oceanside Beach: 23.5 mi
- Saint Malo Beach: 23.5 mi
- Tamarack Beach: 23.8 mi
- Leon: 17.9 mi
- San Pasqual: 21.0 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Northbound): 23.7 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Southbound): 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Chief Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Point | E 98° | 1,873 m | 12.4 mi |
| Birch Hill | ESE 115° | 1,737 m | 13.0 mi |
| Gordon Point | E 101° | 1,722 m | 7.7 mi |
| Morgan Hill | E 99° | 1,718 m | 7.5 mi |
| Boucher Hill | ESE 116° | 1,651 m | 8.4 mi |
| Aguanga Mountain | E 101° | 1,648 m | 14.9 mi |
| Eagle Crag | E 90° | 1,538 m | 5.4 mi |
| Clark | W 276° | 1,527 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:25 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:14 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 16:07 | 16:45 |
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 | 57 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 68 | 74 | 76 | 75 | 71 | 63 | 57 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fallbrook 5 NE, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 270414 — Chief Mountain, San Diego County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358801059
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