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Hines Peak

Hines Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Hines Peak rises to 2,041 m in California. Mount Pinos stands 2,697 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is White Swift Falls, a waterfall 1.9 miles away.

The story

Hines Peak is a mountain of the Topatopa Mountains, in Ventura County, California, at an elevation of 6,703 feet (2,043 m). It is the second highest peak of the Topatopa Mountains after Cobblestone Mountain. It is located within the Ventura County section of Los Padres National Forest, several miles northeast of Santa Paula. Snow falls on the mountain during the winter months.

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Wikidata Q22077995, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2041 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.51074, -119.07559

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Topatopa Bluff: 2.0 mi
  • Sisar Peak: 3.8 mi
  • Chief Peak: 5.3 mi
  • Topatopa Peak: 5.4 mi
  • Devils Heart Peak: 6.1 mi
Parks
  • Steckel Park: 6.8 mi
  • Sespe Condor Sanctuary: 8.2 mi
  • Dennison Park: 8.9 mi
  • Toland Park: 9.4 mi
  • Forrest Island Park: 9.6 mi
Nature reserves: 54
Springs: 35
  • Kerr Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Wilsie Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Willet Hot Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Sespe Hot Springs: 7.2 mi
  • Sulphur Spring: 8.8 mi
Artworks: 21
  • Water Conservation Mural: 12.2 mi
  • Mermaid with Bike: 12.4 mi
  • Golden Lion Mural: 12.4 mi
  • VC: 18.0 mi
  • Ventura V: 19.0 mi
Historic sites: 20
  • Saint Francis Dam Disaster Memorial: 10.7 mi
  • Junipero Serra: 20.1 mi
  • Mission Cross: 20.1 mi
  • Cannon: 20.2 mi
  • Mission Chumash Barracks: 20.3 mi
Beaches: 11
  • Little Beach: 20.5 mi
  • Big Beach: 20.7 mi
  • Surfer's Knoll: 21.6 mi
  • Rincon Beach: 22.3 mi
  • Faria Beach: 22.3 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Upper Rose Valley Lake Day Use Area: 6.3 mi
  • Area 2: 17.3 mi
  • Frenchmans Flat: 20.2 mi
  • Spanish Point: 20.5 mi
  • Skunk Hollow: 22.3 mi
Attractions: 9
  • The Sunburst Railbikes: 10.7 mi
  • Hartley Botanica: 18.1 mi
  • San Buenaventura City Hall: 20.1 mi
  • Modern Art: 21.2 mi
  • Underwood Family Farms: 21.8 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • White Swift Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Punch Bowl: 4.0 mi
  • Rose Valley Falls: 6.1 mi
  • 33 Falls: 11.1 mi
Cliffs: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Hines Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PinosN 349°2,696.5 m21.2 mi
Sawmill MountainNNW 346°2,685 m21.5 mi
Grouse MountainNNW 344°2,613 m21.9 mi
Frazier MountainNNE 18°2,442 m19.2 mi
Reyes PeakNW 305°2,284 m14.4 mi
Haddock MountainNW 310°2,265 m12.2 mi
Alamo MountainNNE 32°2,248 m12.7 mi
Peak 7047NE 35°2,148 m10.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3519:08
June solstice05:4519:3620:13
September equinox06:4518:2118:55
December solstice07:0016:1216:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jan–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505154586266727270635549
Precip in5.15.23.41.10.50.10.10.00.10.81.32.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ojai, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358785883

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