Double Peak
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Double Peak rises to 496 m in California. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Double Peak Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
Double Peak is located south of San Marcos, California. The elevation at the summit is 1,646 ft (502 m), and approximately 1,000 feet (305 m) above the north foot of the mountain. Most trails leading to the summit of Double Peak are classified as "moderately strenuous."
Double Peak is a popular hiking and biking area due to its many trails and convenient access points. On the north side, the mountain can be accessed by hikers and bikers through Discovery Lake Park, but this trailhead is closed to motorized vehicles. On the south side, the mountain can be accessed by vehicles through Double Peak Drive, extending from the neighborhood of San Elijo Hills. Both the North and the South access trails offer wide, partially paved surfaces. There is also a less-accessible rock and dirt trail which allows summiting the mountain from the East side. The Eastern trail has a steep incline, with rugged, staircase-like rock extrusions and at some points, loosely packed shale. The Eastern trail can only be accessed by following other trails along either the north or south face of the mountain, around to the eastern face of the mountain. Accessing the mountain from the north side, at Discovery Lake Park, a City of San Marcos information sign states that the length of the trail is 2.5 mi (4 km) from the park to the summit. On a clear day, the peak offers views of distant places such as Mexico, downtown San Diego, San Clemente Island, Catalina Island, the Palos Verdes Peninsula, the Santa Ana Mountains, and the San Bernardino Mountains. A telescope is located at the peak for use by visitors.
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Wikidata Q5299861, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 496 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Double Peak Park: 0.0 mi
- Questhaven Park: 0.9 mi
- Discovery Community Park: 1.0 mi
- Discovery Creek Childrens Park: 1.3 mi
- San Elijo Hills Park: 1.4 mi
- Rockwell Steps: 0.2 mi
- Wired Circle: 0.2 mi
- Grande Step Totem: 5.4 mi
- Muffler Man: 5.8 mi
- Asian Shadows: 7.2 mi
- Cerro de las Posas: 0.9 mi
- Franks Peak: 1.2 mi
- Mount Whitney: 1.3 mi
- Denk Mountain: 2.6 mi
- 1302: 4.1 mi
- Denk Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Rancho La Costa Habitat Conservation Area: 3.1 mi
- The Kit Carson Park Snake: 7.0 mi
- Dancing Topiaries: 7.2 mi
- Village: 7.2 mi
- Escondido Museum: 5.5 mi
- San Diego Children's Discovery Museum: 5.6 mi
- Vista Historical Society: 6.7 mi
- San Dieguito Heritage Museum at the Heritage Ranch: 6.9 mi
- Model Shop: 7.8 mi
- Arboretum: 2.8 mi
- Incredible Edibles: 7.0 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 7.0 mi
- Hamilton Children's Garden: 7.0 mi
- California Gardenscapes: 7.0 mi
- Stagecoach Station Ruins: 4.0 mi
- Helen Bougher Memorial Wall: 4.3 mi
- Diegueno Rocks: 5.3 mi
- Soroptomist Grove: 7.1 mi
- North County Regional Center San Diego County Law Library: 7.3 mi
- Dawson-Los Monos Canyon Reserve: 5.2 mi
- Lusardi Creek Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Carlsbad Highlands Ecological Reserve: 7.0 mi
- Lake Calavera Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Christopher Hill County Preserve: 8.0 mi
- Tabletops: 9.6 mi
- Tamarack Beach: 10.3 mi
- Del Mar Dog Beach: 10.8 mi
- Saint Malo Beach: 11.3 mi
- South Oceanside Beach: 11.6 mi
- Del Mar Bluff: 12.2 mi
- Net Muc: 19.5 mi
- Thumb: 20.9 mi
- Main Area: 20.9 mi
- Lunch Rock: 20.9 mi
- Indian Rock Spring: 4.6 mi
- Bottle Peak Spring: 10.1 mi
- Rock Haven Spring: 14.4 mi
- Durasnitos Spring: 17.4 mi
- Bear Spring: 18.4 mi
- Ridgetop Picnic Site: 3.1 mi
- El Arroyo Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
- Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 7.1 mi
- Ray Love Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- Royal Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- El Salto Falls: 8.6 mi
- Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 12.6 mi
- Washtub Falls: 23.0 mi
- Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 23.4 mi
- Lower Adobe Falls: 23.5 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Northbound): 18.6 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Southbound): 19.1 mi
- San Pasqual: 11.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Double Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodson Mountain | ESE 120° | 878 m | 13.9 mi |
| North Iron Mountain | ESE 122° | 824 m | 14.9 mi |
| Iron Mountain | SE 127° | 818 m | 16.0 mi |
| Ramona Overlook Peak | ESE 123° | 802 m | 15.6 mi |
| Middle Summit | SE 124° | 790 m | 15.6 mi |
| Mount Ellie | SE 124° | 743.712 m | 15.0 mi |
| Wildwood Mountain | ESE 123° | 725.424 m | 16.3 mi |
| Paradise Mountain | ENE 67° | 710 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:25 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:14 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 16:09 | 16:46 |
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 | 60 | 63 | 67 | 71 | 76 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Escondido #2, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 241580 — Double Peak, San Diego County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358783158
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