Clamshell Peak
Clamshell Peak rises to 1,338 m in California. Waterman Mountain stands 2,433 m to the north-northeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Hermit Falls, a waterfall 1.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 9.4 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q35734833, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,338 m
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rankin Peak: 1.4 mi
- Monrovia Peak: 1.8 mi
- Mount Zion: 1.9 mi
- Lookout Point: 2.9 mi
- Mount Bliss: 3.0 mi
- Deer Park Lodge: 1.9 mi
- The Jim Heasley Oak: 3.7 mi
- Mount Wilson Trail: 3.7 mi
- Sierra Madre Memorial Wall: 4.4 mi
- A Dawn in the West: 5.6 mi
- The "M": 3.2 mi
- Wisteria Vine, Worlds Largest Blossoming Plant: 4.0 mi
- Sierra Madre Memorial Cannon: 4.4 mi
- Queen Anne Cottage: 5.3 mi
- Reid-Baldwin Adobe: 5.3 mi
- Richardson House: 3.7 mi
- Lizzies Trail Inn: 3.7 mi
- Mount Wilson Observatory Museum: 3.8 mi
- Monrovia Historical Museum: 3.9 mi
- Duarte Historical Museum: 5.3 mi
- Oak Park: 2.2 mi
- Grand Avenue Park: 3.0 mi
- Highland Oaks Park: 3.4 mi
- Sierra Vista Park: 3.6 mi
- Mount Wilson Trail Park: 3.7 mi
- Five Minimalist Poems: 6.4 mi
- Eagle: 6.9 mi
- Centennial Mural: 8.3 mi
- Pan: 8.3 mi
- Hymenaios: 8.3 mi
- Vinny's Mini-World: 4.7 mi
- Australian Discovery Area: 4.9 mi
- Wedding Garden: 5.0 mi
- Celebration Garden: 5.0 mi
- Madagascar Spiny Forest: 5.0 mi
- Monrovia Canyon Park: 1.9 mi
- Arcadia Wilderness Park: 2.1 mi
- Monrovia Open Space: 2.1 mi
- Sierra Madre Historical Wilderness Area: 3.3 mi
- Santa Anita Habitat Mitigation Project: 3.4 mi
- Arcadia Wilderness Park: 2.2 mi
- Charlton Flats Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Red Box Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- Covered Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 7.6 mi
- Doe Spring: 6.8 mi
- Fern Springs: 7.5 mi
- Winston Spring: 10.4 mi
- Big Cienega Spring: 10.9 mi
- Buckhorn Spring: 10.9 mi
- Hermit Falls: 1.3 mi
- Sturtevant Falls: 1.4 mi
- Bailey Canyon Falls: 4.0 mi
- Fish Canyon Falls: 4.4 mi
- Mayberg Waterfall: 5.4 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 9.8 mi
- Spa Palace: 18.5 mi
- Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 20.3 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Clamshell Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterman Mountain | NNE 21° | 2,433 m | 9.9 mi |
| Twin Peaks | NNE 27° | 2,365 m | 8.8 mi |
| Winston Peak | NNE 18° | 2,277 m | 11.4 mi |
| Akawie Peak | NNE 24° | 2,220 m | 11.4 mi |
| Pacifico Mountain | N 350° | 2,165 m | 12.6 mi |
| Granite Mountain | NNW 340° | 1,998 m | 12.4 mi |
| Roundtop | NNW 339° | 1,908 m | 11.1 mi |
| Mount Hillyer | N 354° | 1,881 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:08 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 46 | 49 | 52 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 75 | 70 | 62 | 53 | 46 |
| Precip in | 7.7 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Wilson CBS, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358807941
Day trips start here
- Monrovia · 4 mi
- Arcadia · 5 mi
- San Gabriel Valley · 7 mi
- Baldwin Park · 8 mi
- Pasadena · 8 mi
- San Marino · 8 mi
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