Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain rises to 2,419 m in California. Mount San Antonio stands 3,068 m to the east, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Stanley-Miller Miner's cabin, a historic site 1.5 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 27 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Iron Mountain is a mountain in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, California. It is within the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, in the section managed by the Angeles National Forest.
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Wikidata Q8523432, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,419 m
How to reach it
- 26.6 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Stanley-Miller Miner's cabin: 1.5 mi
- 1983 Winter Transit Memorial: 5.4 mi
- Vincent's Cabin: 5.8 mi
- In the Pines: 6.4 mi
- Schowalter Rock Pile: 11.9 mi
- Hollis M. Stewart Children’s Park: 6.7 mi
- Wrightwood Veteran’s Memorial Park: 6.7 mi
- Vivian Null Park: 6.7 mi
- Pine Hollow Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Marshall Canyon Regional Park: 9.7 mi
- Wild View Peak: 2.7 mi
- West Baldy: 3.4 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Ross Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Peak: 3.8 mi
- Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts: 10.4 mi
- Western Junipers: 11.8 mi
- Baja California: 11.8 mi
- Coastal Sage Scrub: 11.8 mi
- Nutall's Scrub Oaks: 11.8 mi
- Mt. Baldy Museum & Dorothy Wisely History Center: 4.7 mi
- Wrightwood History Museum: 6.7 mi
- Sam Maloof House: 10.4 mi
- Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology: 11.5 mi
- Benton Museum of Art: 13.3 mi
- William G. Kerckhoff 1856-1929: 9.8 mi
- Intersections II: 12.0 mi
- Pomegranate Trees: 12.3 mi
- Scripps Graffiti Wall: 12.7 mi
- Millard Sheets Art Center: 12.7 mi
- Columbine Spring: 3.6 mi
- Forked Spruce Spring: 4.8 mi
- Fallen Leaf Spring: 5.0 mi
- Guffy Spring: 5.0 mi
- Lamel Spring: 6.0 mi
- Claremont Hills Wilderness Park: 9.7 mi
- Sycamore Canyon Park: 10.8 mi
- Big Dalton Canyon Wilderness Park: 11.5 mi
- Robert J. Bernard Biological Field Station: 12.2 mi
- Rodman Arboretum: 12.7 mi
- Grassy Hollow Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
- Arch Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Mescal Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- Jackson Lake: 7.2 mi
- Eagles Roost Day Use Area: 10.4 mi
- San Antonio Falls: 4.6 mi
- Dorr Canyon Falls: 7.6 mi
- Wolfskill Falls: 8.0 mi
- Canyon Falls: 8.1 mi
- Cooper Canyon Falls: 11.9 mi
- Bridge to Nowhere: 2.0 mi
- Devil's Punchbowl: 11.8 mi
- Tongva Village: 12.1 mi
- Sandrocks: 12.2 mi
- Fairplex Garden Railroad: 14.5 mi
- Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 4.9 mi
- High Desert Truck Stop: 24.7 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 16.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Iron Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount San Antonio | E 89° | 3,068 m | 3.8 mi |
| West Baldy | E 91° | 3,044 m | 3.4 mi |
| Pine Mountain | ENE 66° | 2,942 m | 4.3 mi |
| Dawson Peak | ENE 77° | 2,917 m | 4.5 mi |
| Mount Harwood | E 92° | 2,907 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mount Baden-Powell | NNW 329° | 2,860 m | 5.7 mi |
| Throop Peak | NW 311° | 2,779 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mount Burnham | NW 321° | 2,740 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:30 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 16:07 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 36 | 42 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 42 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.9 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wrightwood, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 271730 — Iron Mountain, Los Angeles County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358801480
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