Cruzan Mesa
Cruzan Mesa rises to 692 m in California. Mount Gleason stands 1,990 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Strata Community Center, a park 1.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 27 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q35736600, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 692 m
How to reach it
- 27.4 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Table Rock: 5.3 mi
- Saddleback Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Manzanita Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Vasquez Rocks: 7.2 mi
- Famous Rock: 7.4 mi
- Abandoned Oil Rigs: 6.1 mi
- Black Snake Summit: 9.0 mi
- Bonzai Pipelines: 9.0 mi
- Taboo Tower: 9.1 mi
- Forgotten Sea: 9.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 1.7 mi
- Butterfly Knoll: 3.9 mi
- Central Park Gardens: 5.1 mi
- Meditation Garden: 5.4 mi
- Hummingbird Garden: 5.9 mi
- Strata Community Center: 1.4 mi
- Strata Pickleball Courts: 1.4 mi
- Sunset Park: 1.5 mi
- Canyon Country Little League: 1.5 mi
- The Lookout Community and Events Center: 1.7 mi
- Communitree: 3.2 mi
- Maps and Maping: The Firefighter's Life Line: 7.2 mi
- Canyon Dreamscape: 9.3 mi
- Construction UCLA: 9.5 mi
- Dos Picos: 10.0 mi
- Dry Canyon Reservoir water outlet structure: 5.1 mi
- Oak of the Golden Dream: 6.1 mi
- St. Francis Dam: 7.2 mi
- Fritz' Grave: 7.7 mi
- Paul Walker Memorial: 7.9 mi
- Whisky Spring: 5.6 mi
- Los Pinetos Spring: 7.1 mi
- Artesian Spring: 8.6 mi
- Willow Spring: 8.8 mi
- Plum Spring: 9.4 mi
- Placerita Canyon Nature Center: 5.9 mi
- Vasquez Rocks Natural Area and Nature Center: 7.0 mi
- Pardee House: 7.6 mi
- Heritage Junction Historic Park: 7.6 mi
- William S. Hart Ranch House: 7.7 mi
- Wagon Tracks: 7.7 mi
- Tumbleweeds: 7.7 mi
- Paradise Picnic Pavilion: 9.2 mi
- Sharon's Rest: 10.2 mi
- Fisherman's Rest: 10.3 mi
- Texas Canyon Open Space: 1.8 mi
- Santa Clarita City Open Space: 3.0 mi
- Haskell Canyon Open Space: 3.4 mi
- Stevenson Family Open Space: 4.3 mi
- Placerita Canyon State Park: 6.0 mi
- Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 6.6 mi
- Trail Canyon Falls: 14.4 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 21.4 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls: 21.5 mi
- Lower Switzer Falls: 21.7 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 13.3 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 21.5 mi
- Mentryville: 11.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Cruzan Mesa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Gleason | ESE 111° | 1,990 m | 16.1 mi |
| Messenger Peak | ESE 112° | 1,833 m | 14.9 mi |
| Burnt Peak | NNW 333° | 1,761 m | 17.1 mi |
| Iron Mountain | ESE 123° | 1,718 m | 14.4 mi |
| Josephine Peak | SE 126° | 1,694 m | 20.4 mi |
| Sawmill Mountain | NNW 337° | 1,672 m | 17.4 mi |
| Little Burnt Peak | NNW 334° | 1,660 m | 17.5 mi |
| Condor Peak | SE 127° | 1,658 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:33 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 16:09 | 16:48 |
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 | 55 | 55 | 59 | 61 | 67 | 72 | 79 | 80 | 77 | 69 | 60 | 53 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newhall 5NW, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 241138 — Cruzan Mesa, Los Angeles County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358782736
Day trips start here
- Santa Clarita · 5 mi
- Santa Clarita Valley · 6 mi
- Magic Mountain · 9 mi
- Valencia · 9 mi
- Castaic · 11 mi
- San Fernando Valley · 15 mi
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