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. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
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
- Unborn Child Memorial: 8.9 mi
- GOHS GarDEN: 5.1 mi
- Student Gardens: 5.7 mi
- Redhawk Elementry School Garden: 6.3 mi
- Chaparral ROP 2008-9: 7.7 mi
- Boos Family Courtyard: 7.7 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
- 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
- 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 25 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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