Peak · California

Granite Mountain

Granite Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 1998 m

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.37134, -118.07122

16.2 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National

Overlooks nearby

Point Grandview · 22 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks

Roundtop: 1.3 mi
Rabbit Peak: 1.7 mi
Pacifico Mountain: 2.2 mi
Iron Mountain: 2.5 mi
Peak 5881: 3.0 mi

Parks

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

Historic sites

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

Nature reserves

Museums

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

Artworks

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

Attractions

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

Gardens

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

Springs47

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

Picnic sites37

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

Waterfalls23

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

Cliffs1

Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 9.2 mi

Ghost towns1

Llano Del Rio: 16.8 mi

Hot springs1

Spa Palace: 24.5 mi

On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 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

Conditions

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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358804299

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