Granite Mountain
Granite Mountain rises to 1,998 m in California. Mount Williamson stands 2,504 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Roundtop, a peak 1.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 16 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,998 m
How to reach it
- 16.2 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Soledad Sands Park: 8.6 mi
- Buckhorn Day Use Area: 8.8 mi
- Juniper Hills Park: 9.0 mi
- Acton Park: 10.1 mi
- Vista Day Use Area: 10.3 mi
- Switzer Camp: 9.1 mi
- Acton Community Presbyterian Church: 9.9 mi
- Ye Alpine Tavern: 10.2 mi
- Sylias Hoyt Homestead: 10.4 mi
- Mt Lowe Observatory Ruins: 11.3 mi
- Mount Wilson Observatory Museum: 10.1 mi
- JPL Building 186 (Theodore von Kármán Museum and Auditorium): 13.3 mi
- Lizzies Trail Inn: 14.0 mi
- Richardson House: 14.0 mi
- Bolton Hall: 14.9 mi
- Devil's Punchbowl: 12.6 mi
- Sandrocks: 12.6 mi
- Walsh Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 12.7 mi
- Dilan's Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 12.8 mi
- Wisteria Vine, Worlds Largest Blossoming Plant: 13.9 mi
- Roundtop: 1.3 mi
- Rabbit Peak: 1.7 mi
- Pacifico Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Iron Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Peak 5881: 3.0 mi
- The Redoubt: 12.5 mi
- Unincorporated Mural: 13.0 mi
- Our Community in the Foothills: 14.0 mi
- The Birds and Trees of Komitas: 14.6 mi
- Williamson Gallery: 15.4 mi
- Altadena Community Garden: 12.8 mi
- Old Town Community Garden: 13.1 mi
- Marcy's Vegetable Garden: 13.1 mi
- Marcy's Garden: 13.1 mi
- Food Garden: 13.2 mi
- Aliso Spring: 1.7 mi
- Sheep Camp Spring: 2.2 mi
- Baughman Spring: 2.5 mi
- Fountainhead Spring: 2.6 mi
- Fiddleneck Spring: 2.8 mi
- Angeles National Forest: 9.4 mi
- Upper Arroyo Seco: 11.0 mi
- LA County Fire Open Space: 11.7 mi
- The Cobb Estate: 11.9 mi
- Rubio Canyon: 12.0 mi
- Hidden Springs: 5.4 mi
- Charlton Flats Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- Red Box Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Switzer Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- North Fork Saddle: 10.4 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls: 9.2 mi
- Lower Switzer Falls: 9.2 mi
- Cooper Canyon Falls: 9.7 mi
- Royal Falls: 10.0 mi
- Trail Canyon Falls: 11.1 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 9.2 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 16.8 mi
- Spa Palace: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Granite Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Williamson | E 90° | 2,504 m | 12.2 mi |
| Waterman Mountain | ESE 107° | 2,433 m | 8.0 mi |
| Pleasant View Ridge | E 82° | 2,433 m | 9.3 mi |
| Will Thrall Peak | E 85° | 2,387 m | 9.7 mi |
| Twin Peaks | ESE 115° | 2,365 m | 9.1 mi |
| Pallett Mountain | E 85° | 2,359 m | 10.6 mi |
| Goodykoontz peak | E 90° | 2,304 m | 10.7 mi |
| Winston Peak | E 97° | 2,277 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358804299
Day trips start here
- Angeles National Forest · 4 mi
- La Cañada Flintridge · 14 mi
- Palmdale · 15 mi
- Pasadena · 15 mi
- Glendale · 16 mi
- Monrovia · 16 mi
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