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Iron Mountain

Iron Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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.

The story

mountain in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49039000, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1717.5 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.34870, -118.22919

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Artworks
Parks
Gardens
  • Howard Finn Community Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Sunland Community Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Sunland Community Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Children's Maze: 10.2 mi
  • Wedding Gate: 10.2 mi
Attractions
  • 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
Picnic sites: 55
Springs: 47
  • 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
Waterfalls: 21
Cliffs: 4
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 7.6 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 18.4 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 18.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 18.9 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Iron Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pacifico MountainENE 78°2,165 m11.3 mi
Granite MountainE 80°1,998 m9.1 mi
Mount GleasonENE 57°1,990 m3.5 mi
RoundtopE 88°1,908 m9.2 mi
Mount HillyerE 90°1,881 m12.2 mi
Strawberry PeakSE 126°1,879 m7.7 mi
San Gabriel PeakSE 134°1,878 m10.4 mi
Messenger PeakNE 38°1,833 m2.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4219:3220:09
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5616:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F474649525968747570625346
Precip in7.78.35.12.11.00.20.20.00.31.31.94.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Wilson CBS, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/347424406

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