Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain rises to 1,718 m in California. Pacifico Mountain stands 2,165 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Condor Peak, a peak 1.7 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 15 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49039000, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,717.5 m
How to reach it
- 14.8 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Condor Peak: 1.7 mi
- Condor Point: 1.9 mi
- Mount McKinley: 2.1 mi
- Messenger Peak: 2.8 mi
- Fox Mountain: 2.9 mi
- The Redoubt: 6.5 mi
- Elephant Bush: 7.8 mi
- Our Community in the Foothills: 8.6 mi
- The Birds and Trees of Komitas: 9.7 mi
- Tree of Life: 10.3 mi
- Bolton Hall: 7.4 mi
- Discovery Cube Science Center: 10.7 mi
- JPL Building 186 (Theodore von Kármán Museum and Auditorium): 10.8 mi
- Vasquez Rocks Natural Area and Nature Center: 11.0 mi
- Mount Wilson Observatory Museum: 12.9 mi
- Soledad Sands Park: 6.6 mi
- Cypress Park: 6.6 mi
- Deukmejian Wilderness Park: 7.0 mi
- Little Landers Park: 7.4 mi
- Howard Finn Park: 7.4 mi
- Howard Finn Community Garden: 7.4 mi
- Sunland Community Garden: 8.3 mi
- Children's Maze: 10.2 mi
- Wedding Gate: 10.2 mi
- Descanso Gardens: 10.2 mi
- Sylias Hoyt Homestead: 5.0 mi
- American Graphite Mine: 7.5 mi
- Switzer Camp: 7.5 mi
- World War 2 Memorial: 8.0 mi
- Tuna Canyon Detention Station: 8.3 mi
- Enchanted Railroad: 10.2 mi
- Burbank Christmas Tree: 11.0 mi
- Letter "H": 11.8 mi
- Abandoned Oil Rigs: 12.0 mi
- Dilan's Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 12.6 mi
- North Fork Saddle: 3.0 mi
- Wildwood Picnic: 3.8 mi
- Stonyvale Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- Hidden Springs: 5.8 mi
- Switzer Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
- Yerba Buena Spring: 2.5 mi
- Deer Spring: 3.2 mi
- Magnetic Springs: 3.9 mi
- Quail Spring: 4.6 mi
- Not Much of a Spring: 4.8 mi
- Deukmejian Wilderness Park: 6.8 mi
- Angeles National Forest: 6.8 mi
- La Cañada Irrigation District Open Space: 7.0 mi
- Upper Arroyo Seco: 7.3 mi
- Big Tujunga Wash Open Space: 7.6 mi
- Trail Canyon Falls: 2.5 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls: 7.6 mi
- Lower Switzer Falls: 7.7 mi
- Royal Falls: 8.0 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 8.1 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 7.6 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 18.4 mi
- Spa Palace: 20.3 mi
- Mentryville: 21.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacifico Mountain | ENE 78° | 2,165 m | 11.3 mi |
| Granite Mountain | E 80° | 1,998 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Gleason | ENE 57° | 1,990 m | 3.5 mi |
| Roundtop | E 88° | 1,908 m | 9.2 mi |
| Mount Hillyer | E 90° | 1,881 m | 12.2 mi |
| Strawberry Peak | SE 126° | 1,879 m | 7.7 mi |
| San Gabriel Peak | SE 134° | 1,878 m | 10.4 mi |
| Messenger Peak | NE 38° | 1,833 m | 2.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:32 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:09 | 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/347424406
Day trips start here
- Angeles National Forest · 6 mi
- La Cañada Flintridge · 11 mi
- Glendale · 12 mi
- Burbank · 13 mi
- Pasadena · 14 mi
- North Hollywood · 15 mi
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