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Chief Mountain

Chief Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates33.38725, -117.05003

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • 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
Parks
  • 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
Attractions
Museums: 35
Historic sites: 35
  • 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
Gardens: 29
Artworks: 29
  • 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
Springs: 24
  • 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
Picnic sites: 10
Waterfalls: 6
  • 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
Beaches: 5
Ghost towns: 2

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High PointE 98°1,873 m12.4 mi
Birch HillESE 115°1,737 m13.0 mi
Gordon PointE 101°1,722 m7.7 mi
Morgan HillE 99°1,718 m7.5 mi
Boucher HillESE 116°1,651 m8.4 mi
Aguanga MountainE 101°1,648 m14.9 mi
Eagle CragE 90°1,538 m5.4 mi
ClarkW 276°1,527 m16.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2719:00
June solstice05:4019:2520:02
September equinox06:3718:1418:46
December solstice06:4916:0716:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575759616468747675716357
Precip in3.23.72.01.00.40.10.10.20.10.71.22.6

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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