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Iron Mountain

Iron Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Iron Mountain rises to 1,510 m in California. Waterman Mountain stands 2,433 m to the east, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Rabbit Peak, a peak 1.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 14 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1510 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.33908, -118.09136

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
  • Switzer Camp: 6.6 mi
  • Ye Alpine Tavern: 7.8 mi
  • Sylias Hoyt Homestead: 8.2 mi
  • Mt Lowe Observatory Ruins: 8.8 mi
  • Resevoir: 9.0 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Parks
Artworks
Gardens
  • Altadena Community Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Marcy's Vegetable Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Marcy's Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Food Garden: 10.7 mi
  • Bev's Vegetable Garden: 10.7 mi
Attractions
  • Walsh Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 10.3 mi
  • Dilan's Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 10.4 mi
  • Enchanted Railroad: 11.7 mi
  • Wisteria Vine, Worlds Largest Blossoming Plant: 11.8 mi
  • Sierra Madre Memorial Cannon: 12.4 mi
Springs: 47
  • Baughman Spring: 1.6 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Aliso Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Not Much of a Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Sheep Camp Spring: 4.5 mi
Picnic sites: 37
Waterfalls: 23
Cliffs: 1
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 6.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 22.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Iron Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Waterman MountainE 91°2,433 m8.8 mi
Pleasant View RidgeENE 71°2,433 m11.0 mi
Will Thrall PeakENE 74°2,387 m11.2 mi
Twin PeaksE 100°2,365 m9.5 mi
Winston PeakE 81°2,277 m9.0 mi
Akawie PeakE 85°2,220 m10.0 mi
Pacifico MountainNE 48°2,165 m4.4 mi
Granite MountainNNE 27°1,998 m2.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:04
June solstice05:4119:3120:08
September equinox06:4118:1818:51
December solstice06:5616:0816:47

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1656544 — Iron Mountain, Los Angeles County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358804308

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